08 August 2008
Hello.
Here to post...A random one. Just to keep the blog 'alive'.
It has been 3 months since the trip? Yep:D
Still missing those few days there....
Ok, that's all for this super-random post. Bye:D
-salanne-
around the world in 80 days
[10:35 PM]
14 June 2008
Well, this will be the sum up for the Perth trip.
Through this trip, we really learnt a lot and we had gained multitude of really magnanimous experience. For example, knowledge and skills which can apply in our daily life. We bonded together as one whole batch, and we did enjoy ourselves. We have learnt many skills, such as, communication, independence and most importantly helping one another out when we're in need. We also did learn about the rich culture of Perth, and the understanding of the people there. Like the museums we had visited, it portrays numerous of uniquely and amazing artworks which really inspired us.
Through the farmstay, we also experienced the way of life of some Australians lived in. The spectacular scenery, and the simplicity way of living really blew our mind(:
So overall, we are really glad that we have this rare opportunity to travel all the way to Perth, and get to know their culture and everything that relates to Perth. It has been a truly fruitful, merrymaking and memorable trip for all of us!
SAY CHEEERS TO PERTH : D
-HuiNi
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[1:44 PM]
Hi this is Louis XD here posting for Day 6!
We checked out of the room hotel in the morning. I was very tired as I went for a midnight party till 1.30 am the day before.HAHAS!Going on to Day 6,we proceed to Guilderton Cruise+Sand Dune. We were expereicing a very cold weather. Later, an uncle, took us to the sand dune and around the river. His geography lessons were meaningful,but i've to admit that it was boring =(. Back to sand dune, it was really fun! The weather was cold, and it took us lots of strength to climb up the summit. HAIZ,TIRED! We took a group photo, and slid down some available slopes at sand dune and we wrote things on sand. Things were so positive. Of course, there were negatives too, Kurt shoe fell into the water and i heard people from other group fell into the water, I pity them =(.POOR THING =(((((! P.S: I also took pictures at Sand Dune!After that,we went to have our lunch,it was delicious, I've got nothing to say, and the river breeze and view was marvellous!Yay,chit-cheers for Perth! But,of course, the smelly toilet almost made me puked. Following, we went museum. All the things were in different forms of arts. Most of the arts there were really interesting and it made me indulged to it!YUMMY!OH,sorry its no a food=p! In the art museum,the arts had lots of interesting meanings and stories behind it. Most of them were unique. Well,coming to the negative point of museum, I actually saw some R18 paintings. Grrrrrr! That's gross. Well, lets not brag about it, even though it was R18,but its really cleverly done and painted. Since I couldn't paint anything well, erm, I should not say anything about it....Dinner was interesting. A table with 15 males, having a set of ala carte swallowed down the 15 males stomach,within 15 seconds. 15,15,15. Thats marvellous! =D Oh ya, let me talk about the numbers 24,22 and 5. We celebrated Ms Quan's 24TH BIRTHDAY on that dinner,22nd May. Later, in the shopping time, I bought items for my friends in Singapre and family members. I bought some punk items for my friends,me and my sister. But a little bit more "mature" souvenirs for my parents. Well, not forgetting about our teacher Miss Lynn Quan 24TH BIRTHDAY,we bought something for her birthday. I combined the present with Ivan and Justin.Soon, it was time to fly back to Singapore, on Singapore Airlines, the wonderful memories of Perth filled my mind..................................-THE END-(But i'm not dead =p)I really love Perth a lot, I got nothing to comment about it!
-Louis :)
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[12:24 AM]
13 June 2008
Hellos I'm Zhiyu, posting for Day 5.
As usual, we have our breakfast in the apartment and then we took of for Curtin University to complete our jewellery. When we reached there, everyone started work immediately as we know that there were still lots of work to be done in the limited time. You can see people hard at work, trying to complete their jewellery. There were still filing and polishing till the jewel is complete. But we all are still quite efficient because we managed to complete everything within the time limit.*cheers*
We all took turns to have our jewel's picture taken and then we head next for the Pinnacles Desert.
The journey to Pinnacles desert took about 3 hours there. At first everyone was chatting with each other but later during the journey, you can see that everyone was asleep. By the time we reached there, i think it was already like evening. Pinnacles desert used to be a ocean and now it is all dried up and all it was left were the structures. It was actually quite a scary thought, knowing that you are walking on a land that used to be the ground of a deep ocean.
We spent about an hour there, listening to the tour guide explaining about things and took lots of photos. Well Pinnacles desert is one of the places that i think i will never forget. We had a small tea break there and then we head back for dinner. The journey back was again 3 hour and this time, there is a complete silence in the bus. Ate and head back to the apartment.
Everybody was super tired when we reached the apartment. We still have to pack our luggage as we have to check out the very next morning. So we packed our luggage and spend our very last night in Perth.
Well that was the end of my entry. Hope you all enjoy reading(:
around the world in 80 days
[10:21 PM]
07 June 2008
Joyce, HuiNi, Janna, Salanne, ZhiYu, Kelly & Perth's students! [:Hey People! PERTH IS AWESOMEEE! :DEveryone had their breakfast at their apartments and got ready to board the coach for Mercedes College. Once we reached there, the principle of the college brought us to the college and explained the history of the college with a few other teachers.
In Singapore, we call it secondary 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 but in Australia, they call it Grades 1 - 8.
After the introduction of the college, a few students came and brought us around the school. The students there were very friendly, when we walked past their classes, they will look at us and most of them will say 'hi'. (:
After that, we were posted to different classes to attend their lessons for about half an hour. It was so unexpected! When the teacher was explaining to the class, the whole class was as quiet as a mouse. We can't even hear a single murmuring. The other thing was that when the teacher asked the class a question, they will respond in a very polite way, like rising up their hands until the teacher ask them to speak.
We can REALLY REALLY REALLY sense the difference between the lessons are going on in Singapore and Australia. Ms Michael was inside the room too and when we just stepped out of the classroom, she spoke to Salanne and I that she was very surprised by the behaviour of the students.
Just two words to describe them,
RESPONSIVE AND SELF-DISCIPLINED! I really love the behaviour of the students because it's not like Singapore's, the students shout and scream in classes or even during lessons. The students in Singapore does not raise up their hands before answering any questions, they just simply shout out the answers, which is a very rude behaviour.
After the college, we went to have lunch. YUMMY! :D
Visited Chocolate and nougat factory. There were so many different types of chocolates and nougats that you can't find in Singapore. (: Same, it's yummy too! Haha! Saw almost everyone bought the chocolates and nougats for their families, and not just a few packets, it's like, two whole big plastic bags! Many even spent more than $100 Singapore dollars! Rich hur?! But it's NICE!
Followed by dinner. We had Subway on the steps outside the Curtin University because we were late. :x Went into one of the rooms and we were instructed to make our own jewellery; a necklace. We did some parts of the jewellery and we were supposed to return to the University to continue the next day.
So, that's all for this day! :D
( 20 May 2008 - Tuesday )
Done by: Kelly Felica Tan (:
around the world in 80 days
[10:47 PM]
03 June 2008
Hello, I am Justin posting for Day 3 of the Perth trip. Day 3 was quite a short day because we only visited a wildlife park and, art galleries and museums to appreciate the Australian's aboriginal and cultural art. There was no work done on that day.
First of all, we were packing our luggages and clearing up all the rubbish and litter that we have left in the apartment in the morning so that we would be ready to set off for another day of activities. We had the feeling of disappointment because we had no choice but to leave the cozy and comfortable apartment that we had been living in for 2 nights.When we reached the dining hall for a sumptuous breakfast, we left our luggages outside the hall. The breakfast was not very different from the one we had the previous day except that we had beef for that day. When our stomachs were filled full, it was time for us to leave the farm where we had our precious time and moments with the animals in the farm. Before we left, we thanked Mr David for his patience and concern towards us. Soon, we were on board the bus to depart the farm for Caversham Wildlife Park.
While we were on the bus, our friendly bus captain, Anton*(not sure of the spelling so pardon me if it is wrong), was chatting happily away with the teachers as well as the students. In fact, he was very forgiving because some of the tired students were dozing off while he was talking to us about Perth but he did not mind. About half an hour later, we arrived at the Caversham Wildlife Park. The entrance of the park made us very curious of the things inside and some of us had adventurous spirits so we were rushing into the park to get a look at the cute and famous animals like kangaroos and koalas. When we entered, we took some animal food from a container to feed the hungry kangaroos first. Most of the kangaroos had joeys in their pouch. It was quite interesting to see the head of the joey popping out from the mother's pouch! As they were munching on the food, some of us took pictures of them. Next, the guide of the park asked if each of us wanted a camel ride for A$4. Most of us did not hesitate to take on the ride and we were even too happy to ride on a camel than to refuse. However, the ride was quite short as it lasted for only about 5 minutes but we thought that the money we paid was worth it. When the time spent on the rides was too much, we were told to move on. Again, we were given some animal food to feed a giant pig a horse and several sheeps. The sheeps were fighting among themselves for the food and we were delighted to see them running all about. After that, we went to see some reptiles which included snakes and lizards. The girls thought that these creatures were very eerie and scary but most of the boys were very interested in them. We also snapped some pictures of them and we noticed that most of them were not moving. Some of us were thinking, "Are they dead?". Then, we proceeded to an area where there were different kinds of birds and mammals like parrots, an emu and bats. As usual, some of us took some pictures of them before going on to see the popular koalas. The koalas, which meant an animal that lives in a tree and an animal that does not drink water, were living and feeding on the Eucalyptus leaves. Most of them were sleeping due to the lack of nutrition in their diet. They were so cute and charming that some of the girls could not stop snapping pictures of them. Next, we visited the Tasmanian devils and we saw them roaming about their habitat freely. They were called "Tasmanian devils" because they had ears which were red and similar to that of a devil.
After spending about almost 2 hours in the Caversham Wildlife Park, all of our stomachs were growling so we travelled to a restaurant by bus to have our lunch. After finishing our meal, we were on board the bus again for Western Australian Museum (WAM). When we reached our destination, we were awed by the beautiful designs and models of prehistoric animals such as dinosaurs. We thought that it would be a waste for not capturing pictures of these arts so we took out our cameras. We were surprised that none of the staff stopped us so we continued snapping photos of them. There was also a skeletal structure of the largest land mammal that had been extinct and we were amazed by how enormous the animal was in the past. There were also photographs of extinct animals put up on the walls of the museum. Due to the limited time that we had, we did not manage to look at all the things in the museum. Dinner was next so we went to another restaurant before going to the City Stay Apartment to check-in.
Upon arrival in our apartment, many of us complained about the poor conditions of the facilities such as the air conditioner which was old and the ceiling fans which were not functioning well. Morever, there was no heater to keep us warm so there was frustration among us. Despite the facilities, we were extremely tired and exhausted from a day of activities and fun so we still slept soundly for the night.
That is all for Day 3 and I hoped you enjoyed reading it because I had really put in my efforts into this post. Thank you very much.=D
around the world in 80 days
[8:50 PM]
Hi, I am Ivan posting for day 2.
Day 2 was the second and last day at the farm. We woke up quite early in the morning for breakfast and as we stepped out of the apartment, it was freezing cold outside and my face was instantly numb. So, we quickly rushed into the function room where breakfast was about to be served.
After that, we were taken around to see the farm and we were accompanied by Mr. David who was the head of the farm. First we went to see the horses where we were allowed to feed it with carrots. It was fun as it was the first time for many of us to feed a horse. We then moved on to see how the shearing of the sheep was done. The professional sheep shearer also explained to us how much the fur cost depending on the amount of fur collected he also joked with us.
It was now to the winery to see how wine was made at the farm. Mr. David then explained to us how wine was made. It has huge tools in the place such as huge barrels to mix the pure grape with alcohol and another huge container with gaps in between to allow the wine to flow out after it has been separated from the skin of the grape and its seeds. The next step was then to transfer the separated wine into another 3 huge metal containers at the lower level (as it is cooler at a lower level) where it will stay there for a few months as it allows all the other sediments to sink to the base before it is then transferred to bottles and selling them. We were allowed to fill up a few bottles but a few of my mischievous friends secretly went to have a taste of the wine and they ended up being told off by one of the teachers. I was the first one to fill a bottle and I have to admit that when putting the cork onto the top of the bottle was very difficult when doing it alone. So after struggling to put the cork in, I decided to help the others who were placing the cork in which made the bottle filling process faster which allowed each one of us to fill at a faster rate.
We then head off to take a group photo. It was now to see more animals and we fed lamas and goats. We also tasted some raw berries which were supposed to be made for making wine and it tasted rather weird as it has a mix of bitterness and sweetness. The next item was lunch where we had chicken and mixed beans.
After lunch, it was then time for physical activities. It was the treasure hunt event! For the first activity we had to make a balloon tower to stand up alone to the height of a chair with the use of scotch tape and balloons. Our group was the first few to finish it and as for the next one, we were supposed to use natural objects around us to stop an egg to break from where Mr. David would drop and we came up with an idea of wrapping the egg with a few orange skin and using a ‘bouncy’ tree branch to cushion the impact and it succeeded! It was then the final activity where we had to find 12 objects out of the list of objects that Mr. David gave us. We ran around searching for the objects where we passed the camera around when one teammate was tired with this, we swiftly finished the race in first place! The prize was a box filled with titbits and we distributed around the group.
As we finished the event early, we were given free time to do whatever we want and this was where we ate our prize (kind of awkward).
It was then dinner where we had ice cream for dessert. Campfire was the next activity where we each made groups and we had to do a cheer and our group made out of all boys, made a few of them do pole dance and it was hilarious. The teachers also did a few cheers but it was too soft for us to even hear. So they made up a cheer leading to all the students following them and in the end walking in a line back to the function room.
Upon arrival at the function room, we were going to watch a movie starring Owen Wilson but it was quite boring and I think that it was not in our age group to watch that show so most of us went back to the apartment for a good night sleep.
Well that is it for the activities done in day 2 and I hope you liked it. Thanks.
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[1:12 PM]
