My Aussie Trip: Part 3

Gold Coast wasn’t as cold compared to Melbourne and Sydney. The weather was good. Did not do much the first day we arrived as it was already noon time when we reached our accommodation. After loading off our baggage, we went in search of food in one of the shopping malls. Did some shopping at the supermarket for dinner. This time, it was Mag, another of our excellent chef who prepared dinner for us. *Yummy* We had an early rest that day coz we wan to conserve our energy for the next day in Dream World!

Haha…being such a timid person, I missed out on a lot or rather most of the rides. It is just too scary for me to take it. I think Clara is the only one who played nearly all the rides and not suffering from any form of motion sickness. And there I was, trying to be their camera woman filming them while they were playing Wipe-Out. The Tower of Terror and Giant Drop really freaked me out, so I choose to go and explore the place and self-entertained myself! I ended up queuing for the Antiques Cars where any idiots will be able to drive even without a license!

The worst was the Cyclone ride! Until now, I still feel so cheated! All of us did not know that the ride was actually a 360° roller-coaster ride! It was only when it came to our turn and we board the roller coaster, then we saw the whole setup of the ride! Clara was like “Hey, look there!” When I saw it, my heart sank but it was too late, I’m already on the roller coaster and being secured onto my seat! Of course the rest are not afraid except for me! It was a terrible but good experience thou. But poor Clara, her ear drums nearly burst because of me. I was screaming so hard beside her that when the ride ends, she told me to shut up, coz I was closing my eyes half the time, so I wasn’t aware that it had come to a halt! It was quite embarrassing coz apparently; I was the only one who screamed non-stop! Another terrible ride was Scooby-Doo. Due to the bad experience Clara had while sitting beside me, this time it was Mat who had to suffer my screams! This ride did not have any 360° turn. Instead, it travels backward instead of forward! Damn Scary!! Anyway, I was lucky that I did not suffer from any motion sickness from those rides, but my throat was quite hoarse after that due to all the screaming! Anyway, it was a tiring but fun-filled day. All of us slept like pigs when we got back our apartment.

The following day was spent in Movie World! It wasn’t as scary as Dream World. Anyway, I’m also not interested in the Lethal Weapon roller coaster ride. Basically it was more relaxing there. Took lots of photos with the Warner Brothers Cartoon characters. As usual, I went to explore the place myself since all of them all queuing up for the roller coaster rides. We stayed on to watch the Parade, did some shopping and its time to say Goodbye to Movie World! Had a great Chinese meal that night, all thanks to Mag’s wonderful uncle living in Gold Coast. He was such as great host and even lends his 4-wheel drive to Mag & Mike to drive so that they can bring us around in it. The best thing I can remember about him is his culinary skills! He invited us to his house for lunch. It was the best meal I ever had in Aussie! The thought of his Tom Yam soup, green curry, sotong etc. still makes me drool till this day!

Yeah! It was shopping spree again the next day! As usual, how can Mike ever forget about my Harley shop! He was really so sweet to drive us, or rather me there to shop again! But I think, towards the end of the trip, they were all so influence by my Harley madness that they themselves also started buying! After that, it was shopping in Habour Town. It is well-known to be a shopping paradise! It sells branded labels but at ½ the price! All of us went crazy over in the Mambo’s shop. The skirts and tops are really dirt cheap as compared to Singapore. It was the same over at Esprit! Bought a lot of stuffs again! As usual, we did our groceries shopping again and bought a lot of food for dinner. Probably, it was like a farewell dinner coz it was our last night together in Gold Coast. Mike and Mag will head back to Singapore from Gold Coast first, while the rest of us will leave for Brisbane and head back to Singapore from there. It was a night of packing, packing and more packing!

The next morning, Mich auntie staying in Brisbane was so kind to drive up to Gold Coast to pick us up. Unfortunately, we were too fat to squeeze inside her car after loading our baggage, thus we decided to take the coach to Brisbane instead while Mich went with her aunt! Hurray!! Finally we can bitch without her!! Ahaha…We were so glad that we managed to book the 3pm bus, so that we have more time to ourselves and bitch about her! ahaha…We did some last minute shopping while at Surfers Paradise, had delicious Ramen, sat in starbucks had kopi, chocolate and ice-cream, while Clara and I look at those hunks walking around with their surf boards even thou it was winter!! Finally boarded the coach at 3pm. We were so tired by then that we overslept and missed the bus-stop. We end up stranded in Brisbane City! Fortunately, the driver was kind enough to let us make a U-turn back to Garden City, the place we were supposed to stop without charging us. This time, all of us were wide awake and luckily, the trip back was only about 45mins! Finally met Mich and her Aunt where she drove us back to her house.

Her Aunt’s place is relatively big enough to accommodate the 4 of us. She’s a wonderful host, letting us mess up her house, cook delicious Chinese cuisine for us to eat and bring us around Brisbane city and to the Sheep farm. Even thou it was only 2 days, she was really like a mother to us, taking good care of us. So it was quite sad when we have to leave for Singapore that night. In a way, we were also glad to be going back home after 1 month in a foreign country. Miss everything back home, the food, my dolls, my bed, my toilet…haha…But now that I’m back, I miss those days in Aussie. Hope to go back there again one day. Gotta start saving up now!...Hee…

This trip really make me realize the importance of friendship. My 2 ever sweetest and wonderful nannies, Mat and Clara really took good care of me. Both made sure that I have enough to eat and drink! Mat will make us wonderful dinner, while Clara will make us delicious breakfast! ( I miss her sandwich with cheese and ham! *Yummy*)… They will also fuss over me whenever my joints start to ache, coz at that point of time, I did not know I had rheumatoid arthritis. Clara will always help to wash up the dishes knowing that I’m in pain. Mat on the other hand, will help me carry my luggage when my fingers became stiff due to the pain in the joint. *So touched*

Another nice person would have to be Uncle Mike. Too bad the service apartment that he stayed was quite far away from us, else we would definitely have lotsa fun together. Most importantly, he would not have to endure the whining from some irritating freak, to the extent that he had to stay in Crown Casino until midnight just to escape from such nonsensical human behavior! Wonder why there are such people on earth! Anyway, he was quite obligating when I ask him for favor i.e. Drive me to the Harley Dealer! Ahah…On the whole, a nice friend to have, and more importantly, he treats Mag really well! So happy for the both of them!

Definitely, there is also some unhappiness during our trip. Fortunately, we are all quite tolerant with one another. Anyway, that applies to only Mat, Clara and Me. No shouting spree or cat fights etc. while staying together. But I wouldn’t say for sure about Mich. Sometimes it is only when you stay together, then you’ll be able to see a person’s true colors. At least now I know for sure who are my genuine friends and who are those fake and selfish people who make use of you. Sounds profound?... Not at all, coz only people who have been through what I’ve gone thru will understand. Still don’t get it?...Well, forget it! Ahaha…