Perth Royal Show

*edited*

Date and Day : 27/09/09, Sunday

People : Beverly, Serene, Tiong, Christy, Kwok Leong, me

The perth royal show. A delight.

It lasts for only a week from 26/09/09 to 03/09/09.

It's here once a year.

It's here now.

I didn't bother to go to the royal show last year (my first year in perth), pretty much coz it's not really something I look forward to. Just like I didn't look forward and never attended any concerts here. And I didn't look forward and didn't attend when WWE came to perth too...

But I'll tell you this. I'm glad I went to the royal show this time, it may be the one and last time I'll ever be here in perth =))

Anyhoo...back to the camwhoring time beeches !

Yeah as usual, I have my sunday service till 1pm. Then I told the gang to meet up at murdoch station 2:30pm. We used the public transport coz it would be really difficult to get parking over there unless you're really lucky...but why bet on it?

Perth train station going from the city to showgrounds (venue for perth royal show)

Welcome one and all. Tall and Short. Fat and Skinny.

Tickets costs $24 per adult

The first thing I saw upon entering the funfair. GAG MAGIC.

GAGGING. *Gags*

Make me gag please.

Nah just kidding. This is some other game not related to the gag magic, don't worry.

One of the rides. Looks very fun hey !

This is the game called TICKETS. I have no idea what's it called =/

Now let's put the rides aside and look at what stuffed toys are available...

One word : WOOOOOooOOooOooOOooOOooOO

We were playing darts where we popped balloons and each balloon popped there's a certain point. Collect enough points to get a better prize obviously. Look at Serene ! Getting the leftovers. It's like a graveyard of leftover dolls from last year. But she's happy nonetheless. Don't question what's her score. lols

L-R : Christy, Bev, Me, Serene...and few toys =))

Inglorious Basterds ! I want my SCALPS says tiong !

This is another fun game. They give u 3 baseballs and you would have to roll the ball and try to hit the bottles with one hit. Hit 2 out of 3 bottles and you win a prize. Hit 3 out of 3 bottles and you win some cash.

A very packed day.

So much toys. So tempting.

THIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN is the REAL DEAL ! THE 0% JOKE DEAL !

Tiong kept telling me "you must try the ribs. It's the best thing there. The ribs are good. The ribs are *sucks finger*. The ribs are *unzip pants*". Okay I was exaggerating that last sentence.

*drools*

RIBS + SAUSAGES = OWNAGE !

Guess what did I have? NOT ONE ladies and gentlemen, BUT TWO !

TWO what? TWO RIBS, and TWO SAUSAGES ! Good. So Good. Too Good.

Bev enjoying her corn....much...

Although it may not be gloria jeans, or jamaica blue, or dome, or infusion....

Coffee's Coffee.

Near sunset but the crowd goes on and on and on...

WAH THIS GAME ! DAMN !

Have to write my own little sub-story here. THIS GAME IS DAMN SNEAKY ! See those buckets there? See those orange balls in mid-air? The idea of the game is simple...just throw the BOUNCY orange ball into the bucket (we're not allowed to lean forward or do rim-shots), and if the ball is in the bucket we win a prize. A huge stuffed doll. Little did we know, we're the ones to get stuffed. DAMN

So see that dude with that curly hair? He's very convincing. That, or I'm gullible (but I won't admit it). So anyways, he's convincing. And he says $5 for 2 balls. $10 for 5 balls. So obviously, I chose $10 for 5 balls. I got ZERO in.

Then he makes me another deal, he says $20 for 6 balls and he already put in ONE ball in for me. So that means if I get 1 ball out of 6 balls in, I'll win the big prize. Tempting. So I said DEAL !

Then at the end...EPIC FAIL...man...

Then this guy says "I give u another deal, you and all your friends pay $15 each and each get 4 balls, so that's 28 balls in total. As long as 4 balls out of 28 goes in...EACH OF US WILL GET A HUGE DOLL...THAT's 7 huge dolls...

But of course, a deal that's too good to be true is dangerous...so we didn't take that deal...

I lost like $50 or $60 to this damn game alone...lols...

A little sub-story again...

And we ACTUALLY found bev's skill. She's good at fishing. Or rather putting objects into holes.

You see...the rod she's carrying and the fish on the table. If the metal hook touch any part of the fish hook, the fish would jump like mad. The hook and the fish acts as very very strong like-poles of a magnet.

Catch one fish, you get a small prize. Catch two fishes, you get a bigger prize. Catch three fishes, you get an even bigger prize. This beverly actually caught 3/3 fishes..not once but TWICE...she actually won 2 huge dolls. WTF right?

Hey guess how many fishes I caught out of 2 tries? That's out of 6 fishes in total, I catch NONE. ZERO, NADA, ZILTCH !

Maybe that's why beverly can take picture at night without the flash and still get a clear picture. Where as I have sort of a parkinson's like that =/

Let's just say my hand and fingers vibrate...

Happy for you really ! You could be a potentially good fisherwoman !

Hook the duck, and win a prize...

One of the huge toys bev won. It's the dog that shed its fur. REALLY SHEDDING.

Glory glory ! Kwok actually has another huge tazmanian devil which he's hiding.

Bev gave me the red bull =))

I hope that's not a sign from all the caffeine esp. redbull I am drinking...how ironic =/

Kwok, Bev, Christy rode this. I can't remember who puked at the end.

It looked nice.

I meant the RIDE !

Ghost train they say...

Haunted Hotel they say...

Nitro they say...

On our way out...

Exiting...

At the very end near the exit, we saw this. I'm too full to even try this twisted chips...but it looked good. Lots of people queued up for it !

At the train station, we just chucked all our toys on the floor. Our prize winnings...

The panda and serene's cow are really cute. And tiong's pony =))

Hey that's me. I can't tell if I got sunburned or not

Beverly...looking and acting like 15...

FAIL ! jk =p

okay lah ! pass lah pass lah =p

In conclusion, I can say that the money spent on the prize are obviously not worth it...HAHA...

But I can tell you this. The money spent on the time and fun and joy with friends was very well worth it...

And yeah see how this post, I let serene have a rest on not being made fun off (yeah you can thank me later by buying me 4 cups of coffee)...but it's more on bev =p

Balance lah ! Yin and Yang what...

I think I'll let Bev rest for the remaining part of this blog...

The main thing I observed today :

There might be food you're craving for..but you're too full to even try one bite...but you can't help to wonder...what a cute mascot/cartoon they have for the twisted chips...

But guess what? After reading my post, only the wise and observant could tell....and can't help but wonder...this cartoon...could it be real? Like sometimes, you see something and wonder "Hey I think I've seen that somewhere before...but I can't remember where..."

That's why I bring my camera everywhere I go....

Much?

- LTY

Youth 180 retreat

Date and Day : 18/09/09 - 19/09/09, Friday - Saturday (Yes, 2 days, 1 night)

People : Amanda, Nelson, Caleb, Steve, Edward, Yorkie, Ruth, Karen, Christina, Samuel, Lilian and me.

It has been raining all week. Either that or the weather is very uncertain. Rain, then sunny, then drizzle, then cloudy.

But NO ! For our youth 180 retreat, the weather could not be any better that it was.

(I've always wondered why they call it 180 as in 180degrees, wouldn't it be more cool if it were to be called youth pi retreat).

We went to SWAN VALLEY, which is 30mins drive from our area. Picture picture time

Quiet, country life side. With a country life side, there will always be smell of horses...

Errm...that white building there, is our cabin. 2 person 1 room. Nelson's my roommate.

Errm....technically, we're bedmates? Coz it's a double decker bed.

Spring spring O how lovely

Part of the nice scenery. Look at the little people under the tree.

And there's that waterfall.

And that rapids. Hey it's quite funny and I really do enjoy watching those 2 guys trying to fight against the rapids. I took a video somemore ! classic.

Green spunk

The oldest church in Western Australia.

Margaret river chocolate factory at swan valley.

Girl.

Here's the place to witness if the guy rubbed his booger to the chocolate for that extra taste.

It really is uncomfortable if you're working in an environment where people walk pass and then stare at you and all. What's worse is people like me who take pictures, video, then try to do funny stuff to annoy them.

Some of their many awards...

All in all, it was a fun day. Good experience. Good fellowship. First time to swan valley after 1.5yrs+ in perth.

- LTY

The busy remaining weeks....

NO PICTURES IN THIS POST...so you may leave in peace if you're expecting pictures...

This post is just a "filler", so I won't feel bad that I've neglected my blog for days/weeks.

Anyways, I'm in my final semester (yay?) and I have exactly 5 semester study weeks. Then comes the 1 week study break and then 2 weeks exam. Because I overloaded on units last semester, I only have 2 exam papers this semester :

02/11/09 - Power Transmission and Control (PTC)

09/11/09 - Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

SO GOOD. TOO GOOD.

which part?

the dates of the exam...not too tight, not too loose.. (*mind wanders off* oh YESSSSSS!!!)

But life as a student is not as fun as it is, especially in the remaining weeks.

I have assignments, lab reports, Final Year Project Report a.k.a. Thesis a.k.a. Dissertation due before the study break...sad =(

BUT NEVERTHELESS, my flight ticket I purchased early this year is a return ticket and I'm flying back home on the 20th November (no more models? lols) . So I have more than a week to enjoy myself here and prolly rot and play DOTA...lols

Will I return next year?

- Surely for graduation...

Would I stay here next year?

- My initial plan is to stay here for a few years then go back to my hometown...

But I'm not sure what's going to happen...I'll go with the flow...

What would I do with all my things?

- Throw my school stuff and other things. Bring the clothes back.

etc....

BUT NO MATTER WHAT...I'll keep the readers updated here and if anything interesting goes on.

Perth Royal Show is held somewhere end of this month. I never been there before and people say it's really good so I hope to go there this year. But I don't mind not going also if I'm busy with my school work.

Aights, back to doing my lab report....work work work...

- LTY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEVERLY YEOH !

Date and Day : 11/09/09 & 12/09/09, Friday & Saturday

People : Tiong, Serene, Beverly, Christy, Kwok Leong, myself

FIRST AND FOREMOST, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEVERLY !

I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR STUDIES AND EVERYTHING YOU DO !

FINAL SEMESTER LIAO ! THEN IT'S ON TO A NEW CHAPTER IN YOUR LIFE PERHAPS?

MAY YOUR WISH COME TRUE !

Now continuing from my previous post...this is the road trip to mandurah.

It's supposedly a holiday resort suburb located near 60km from where I live.

Going there for a night's stay to relax and get away from school and our busy hectic schedule (not really, just for serene only. lols )

Go go go !

It's a very bad weather today. Drizzle then sunny then rain then sunny then rain even harder...

The apartment recommended by Tiong, Seashells Resort. GOOD STUFF I TELL YOU !

Only A$170 per night, 2 bedrooms.

Lobby area

They won some awards

Some more posters at the lobby. We reached there around 1pm, check-in time is 2pm, so we decided to go grab lunch

Random shot

We had lunch here. It was alright only...

The 5 people. The 6th is the photographer, yours truly

Menu menu I see you

Seafood platter

FREAKING LOADS OF FRENCH FRIES ! ARGGHHH ! STRESS ! (I hate potatoes)

Chilli Mussels

Fish fillet. Always a classic.

After lunch, we walked around a bit. Boat for sale...

Gangsta Tiong and his bodyguards

Some flower which looks pretty

Apartment for sale. Nice area, quiet, relaxing, clean.

Lots of boats

Beverly curious to know what the world is this dome supposed to mean. She was like circling around it... =/

MOST AWARDED BAKERY ! Must try another light lunch snack...

It was drizzling, so the tables outside was blocking some of their price winning pies/buns

There's more !

Temptations Indeed ! Must try something hey !

I ordered some good stuff. It has beef+bacon+egg+cheese in it. Life is simple.

Oh...I bought a cappuccino here. It's super hot, I didn't realise it. I drank it, and it BURNED my tender, soft...tongue...

I automatically leaked the coffee outta my mouth.

My tongue still burns until now...

It's numb...

We went to errm...ticky tacky or something like that. To get nets and bait to CRAB !

WE GONNA GO CRABBING !!! WOOHOO !

That's not a crab. It's a crap.

We went to old bridge to crab.

Beverly said "blowie". I thought she meant.....you know...

I was like "huh? what? why? what the hell is that on the floor?"

Bev : Blowfish...

Me : OOOooooo...

The first crab

We only caught three crabs =(

It's because it's too cold. We caught smaller crabs, but it is a rule to let it go.

If the shell length of the crab is below a specified measurement, WE MUST LET IT GO...

There's a ruler to measure that, but unfortunately, most of the good pictures is in tiong's and serene's camera =(

PELICANS ! SAY "HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEV !"

Pelicans : lalala ! Happy Birthday Bev !

The crabbing area...

Patiently waiting for them crabs =/

We bought 2 nets. We didn't tie one properly, so at the end, we're left with one net =/

Backstreets back alright alright !

Tiong the orochimaru...

OUR APARTMENT ! ISN'T IT NICE !

There are more pics of it, but it's in the other camera.

Look at tiong's bag ! LET ME BURN IT...

Beverly's the boss for today.

Poor crabbies. I had plans to keep them as pets, but chilli crabs sounded better.

Serene cooked it...THANKS AH ! SPICY BUT I LOVE !

Pasta + Chicken cooked by Kwok and Christy. THANKS GUYS !

Pasta + Chicken ! Superb !

CHILLI CRABS BABY !

Very neat and tidy. High class.

I take back what I've said

A special cake for the birthday girl. So chocolatey !

May your wish come true. This is your 23rd wish in your life =))

(Not our fault if you didn't make a wish when you're one year old...lols)

I slept in this room with tiong. Last year he was my housemate, today...bedmates...

There's another room just as big. SO COMFY !

Some portrait in front of our bed...

WE HAVE A COOL BALCONY !!!!! LOOK LOOK !

Isn't it relaxing and cool?

All taken from our balcony...

We went jacuzzi. I ACCIDENTALLY scratched my leg against the wall in the jacuzzi...

We sneaked in the jacuzzi on friday night after 8pm. Lols ! Then the security asked us to get out of the pool...

Saturday morning. Everyone looked so unhappy they had to leave today =(

Tourists...lols

We had lunch here. It's alright only...

Freaking waited for 40mins. Coz just one cook...

Pasta something...

Fettucini Carbonara (no where close to ciao italia)

Serene's breakfast. Florentine or wassit Florentino...=/

My big breakfast ! There's 2 poached eggs, 2 strips of bacon, 2 sausages, 1 hash brown, 1 slice of bread and even mushrooms... =))

Kwok's ham omelette

Satisfied? 50-50

Went to gloria jeans straightaway to have coffee

Mandurah is a nice place...

After checking out of the hotel, we went to this little theme park

We bought some tickets here. It's 6 tickets for $13.50...

A very happy and satisfied birthday girl...

We played bumper cars which cost 3 tickets each...

and another game which made people (serene+tiong+bev) threw up shortly after...lols...

It just went spinning round and round...

My coins kept flowing outta my pocket ! Donno how much $$ fell off =(

Tiong's cap flew off too...lols...

Beverly gashed her lag...when we're playing BUMPER CAR ! (that's my hair shadow)

FIRST TIME I've heard someone injuring herself playing bumper cars...WTF

Poor birthday girl, not very satisfied after all...

It's a mark to remember. A mark of love from us...

We all had a great day. We reached home around 3pm, it was a good birthday celebration, and a good one to remember in the years to come for beverly and ourselves of course...

- LTY