Lai Min & co in Melbourne!

Lai Min, bf Kwang Zhen, sis Lai Kuan n her bf Boon Chun are in melbourne for a few days. they're all studyin in uni of queensland, n graduating end of the semester, how happy! yesterday at around 4pm, jacke suggested we bring them to Phillip Island to see penguins, n so we did! the penguin watch is normally during sunset, when they have come back from a day's fishing, back to their burrows to feeed their children (if any), n their partners dat are takin care of the children. this is my 2nd trip to the penguin parade, n i would say, it is worth the money! i paid $16 for the ticket (under student concession), n i saw a lot more penguins than i did the 1st time! n this is kinda the mating season when they would have kids, usually 2 eggs, then either one or both will hatch. i got to see little furry penguins in the burrows, n they were so so so cute.. imagine the adult being the size of... okay, the height of a 1.25litre soft drink bottle? so the youngs were smaller, super cute! then we got to see more about 100++ penguins comin up from the shore n into their burrows (Lai Kuan was counting them). it was quite close range, at times within reach. but of course for conservation purposes, we're not allowed to touch them.. keke then after the watch, we took some very nice pictures, bought some, actually. we stood in front of this bright green background, n pretended dat we were takin pictures with penguins! of course they were fake, n we couldn't see them. only the photographer could see them in her computer screen. it turned out pretty good, unfortunately jacke wasn't in the picture. he said he had been there already n wouldn't pay to go in again.. huei chyn, peik ai n shuyi were there also.. they ended up sittin in the car with jacke tellin them stories about how we met bla bla bla.

today we went to sovereign hills in ballarat. it's a mining-town-cum-museum-concepted tourist attraction. this would be my 3rd trip there, n i'm still wonderin y i would fork out $22 to go in n see the same things over n over. but it was different, this is the 1st time i went with jacke.. have to go mar.. couple wat.. :D bought some sweets- rainbow mixed, acid drops n eucalyptus flavoured (for my bro). they're sweets made with the old ways, maybe with some new ingredients, but they're hand-made, n really nice. Lai Min n co did get me n jacke a 'leather' book mark each with our names on it. it's really cool, n really pretty! thx u guyz!!

tmr we'll be drivin up to the GREAT OCEAN ROAD to see the 12 Apostles. i've been there once with a whole group already, but this would be with jacke.. hehe, again.. couple mar!! it would be a long drive.. jacke did all the drivin up til now.. we've rented a 7 seater Kia Carnival.. it's so spacious n comfy.. everyone just slept thru the journey. it was quite quiet, considerin dat the car was big, everyone was further apart.. anyway, hopefully everythin will be fine n smooth sailin.. of course it will be fun as well!! yay, trips! n more money to spend.. sigh..

thx for everyone's concern about my 2 dogs sony n spencer.. i've found a pet-carer who would take care of them when i'm gone. it costs $20 a day for both dogs, she comes to my place to feed them, clean them n walk them. it's quite reasonable, altho i would still have to provide all food n toys n necessary things. i hope the bill doesn't come up to a stage where i can't afford it.. i'm kinda dry nowadays, so i think i will use the money my frenz still owe me to pay the pet-carer. hopefully when i go back to KL, i would be able to collect my money IN FULL. the service will start 7th dec n throughout til feb when i come back, n occasionally when my sis comes to my house during january weekends, i won't need the pet-carer's service. so dat would be at least $1k, sigh.. anyone wants to contribute? i should set up a sony n spencer fund.. hehe okay, i should go.. almost 3am, should wake up 6.. sigh

wish me a fun-filled day!