Valencia Oranges

Woke up early this morning and darlin drove down to Lone Pine. Initially thought that it would be a long way there but we reached there via the western Freeway within 10 min of driving. A really hot day!

We went for the sheep show since it’s the first stop. Cute sheeps! They are so fat with wool! haha..They actually obey the dogs that are chasing them around. After which, we saw several koala, I managed to take a pic with one of the koala and that cost darlin 10 backs. There was also a large Kangaroo Reserve but I guess most of them are either joey or Wallaby. Not really kangaroo cos they are smaller in size. Had some chips and hotdog bun before we continue round the Sanctuary. Gonna make sure the 14 bucks entrance fees is worthwhile. haha… And ya, thanks to darlin, who printed out the couple from the website. We managed to get 2 goodie bag free. It comes with 2 poster and guidebooks. Could have cost us 20 bucks without the coupon.

Alright, enough said. Here are some pic we took today!

Off with darlin and cousin Jacin to sunshine coast early yesterday morning at 8am. Was a long long long way to sunshine coast and we finally arrived at Emundi Market after cousin jacin drove for about 1.5 hour at 130km/h. That’s long, isn’t it! Parked our car at a super steep slope cos the carpark that’s next to the market is super uneven. I think they should put a sign only letting 4wd to get it! It’s such a rocky ride!

Anyway, Eumundi market is huge with lotsa stalls selling handicraft and those fanciful stuff. Kinda resembles Singapore’s Paser Malem! Hehe..Just that over here you don’t hear people sprouting hokkien and your taiwan sausages! Hehe.. it was fun. We bought some Bali satay, drank mango nectar, bought myself some stoney bracelet. Cost me $12 bucks for 2 but I kinda love them. After about an hour and a half of walking, we decided to head back to the car and go somewhere else. After crossing the road, we saw another smaller market up a slope and decided to explore. I bought a set of candles that’s really cute and I guess I will keep them for myself instead of giving them away.

Call it fate or what, but we walk past this small hut that offers Psychic Reading. Darlin decided to try since it’s only $10 per 10 min. So we waited for some times before the previous person is done. Initially, only darlin wanted to try. And cousin Jacin, kept “syco-ing” be to try too! haha..I’ve nothing to ask! But when darlin emerged from the hut and told me how accurate she was, I decided to try(since it’s seldom that darlin believes in such stuff!), to the delight of my cousin Jacin! haha…

I begin the reading by telling her my star sign and my first name. She told me that i was a pure Piscean (which I already know). I first picked up 3 cards and she proceed to explain what’s on the card to me. about my growth, what should i take ntoe of and what kinda person i am. I asked about my relationship with families, darlin and friends. She told me that relationship is working fine for me at the moment. But I should balance my relationship and studies well. I tend to do one of it better and neglect the other. Howver, my relationship with my family is very positive and there’s not much for me to worry about. She also told me that I would have lotsa travelling in the next 4 to 9 weeks! hmm..Kinda true since I’m going home from Brisbane, going to Genting with my parents and after which heading to Thailand probably with darlin and gang! hmmm… After whch I asked about my studies. She say that it will be smooth sailing and I shouldn’t encounter any difficulties in the next few semesters of my studies, which I kinda believe in too! I asked my career and she told me the most amazing things about myself and my dreams. She told me that I am a creative person (darlin said I have crazy ideas!). I already have my own dreams and is working towards it. I will have alot of travelling to do while working next time (That is true and what I wanted too). I will only do things that interest me and I will rather buy something that interest me and of good quality then just make do with something that’s not of any interest to me. (VERY true!). She also told me that I’m a person with lotsa love to give (hahaha..Do I?) and I will be with that person if I can feel a very strong emotional attachment to. I.E, don’t make good prostitute! hahaha…She gets me laughing by quoting this example! It’s true, I don’t normally get close to a person unless he/she shared an emotional attachment with me. Be it friends or lover. Maybe that’s why I don’t have many real close friends! But friends whom I can feel that certain attachment to, I will try my very best to keep in contact with them. One thing that might sound blatant, but I simply do not like to go out or spend time with people whom I think I do not have any emotional attachment with. These are the time where I rather be alone then entertaining and putting on a false front. that’s not me. Anyway, there’s a couple more things that she wants me to remember. To follow my feelings and not to be over-ruled by my emotions. Hmm..

How true is it about myself? Sometimes it’s not for me to judge. Nevertheless, it was a good experience. I ended up paying $20 for 20min of reading and so does my darlin and cousin Jacin! haha..

After that reading, we feel kinda hungry and decided to head off for some food. We joked about that lady sucking all out energy thus we all feels hungry and tired! hehe.. On the way, we went to the Macademia nuts factory to purchase some nuts of different interesting flavors and also visited the Ginger factory which is of no itnerest to us. Decided to drive on to Mooloolaba Beach to have lunch. Alas, there’s no asian food there and the only asian food available is Sushi. So we settle ourselves for lunch at the sushi bar. nothing much to see and we decided to head to the mountains to for a more scenic lookout.

Reached Glass House mountain after driving for half an hour! Too Long! And to our dismay, nothing much to see! Mount coo-tha is even better! hehe.. darlin decided to take over the driving seeing how tired and sleepy my dear cousin Jacin looked. We drove around 40 min and wasted lotsa petrol but still unable to get out of the mountainous aread! Kinda panic also since there’s no street light at all and it’s aready 4pm++. We decided to stopped and make a U turn. There’s this kind lady who stopped in front of our car. I guess she know that we are in distress after failing to get out of the mountain area. She guided us the way out to the Bruce Highway. We heeded her advice and drive on, and of cos as per usual, miss a few stops and lost our way. Nevertheless, we make it out. We were really relieve when we see the “BRISBANE” sigh. Cousin jacin and I were really tired and feel asleep in the car while my dearest darlin drives on. I’m glad to see that we are only 17km away from Brisbane when I woke up. Cousin Jacin woke up subsequently and we 3 continue to crack jokes n our way back. Darlin kept imitating the Aussie slang which gets us laughing. Stuck in a jam for nearly one hour before we get out of city area! Back timing!

Reached home and darlin, being the very kind person helped cousin Jacin to washed her car after seeing lotsa bird’s dropping on the car. Decided to go for dinner at thia Palace at Hawken Drive. Gosh, the curry is hot! But nevertheless, darlin, being the only guy, was made to finished everything and the treat is on darlin!

Headed home soon. Had a real tired and fruitful day! Speaking of which…darlin just woke up not long from his 12 hour sleep! haha….

Alright! Gotta go do laundry later on!

Kinda cold today at 20°C but I love it! Remind me the times when darlin and I just reached here during the winter season. Isn’t Christmas suppose to be white(ok, no snow here) but at least cold?! When I was young, the TV always shows people wearing their thick jacket and playing with snow, making snowball. Ahh..That’s my idea of Christmas. Freezing snowy winter. I guess that’s why Santa had to wear such thick clothing and have such long thick beard to protect him from cold!

Anyway, I hope it will continue to be so cooling till I go back to Singapore! It’s really nice to sleep in such cold weather! Well, my dearest darlin is napping now. Possibly cos of a bad stomach and a whole day shopping. We drove all the way to Carindale to shop. There’s from my place to the city, cross a bridge and a few km down. Kinda far but nice place. Not many people and we just shop around. Tried on the dress that caught my fancy the other day at Myer, City. A blue dress which is really nice and sweet. Darlin wanted to buy it for me as a Christmas present but alas I don’t think it’s worth it to spend $80 on a dress that I most prob won’t wear unless there’s a special occasion. So, back to the rack it goes. :S

When we are about to go to the carpark, we walked past the Perfum section and couldn;t resist taking a look at the perfume. Darlin saw his Boss element here! It’s not available in Singapore anymore! And I saw my Estee Lauder Pleasure Intense that I’ve forgotten to take with me when I leave Singapore! I miss that fragrance! Neverthless, we got ourselves lotsa spray on those cards provided and headed back home. I even reminded darlin to remind me to buy more perfume from the cuty free at the airport before heading home! I’m gonna buy the Estee Pleasure Intense and Possibly Ferragamo! Wow…I can’t wait to get home!!

Alright, will update more. Going to sunshine coast on Wednesday with darlin and Cousin Jacin. Hope it will be a fun day! I’m hoping to get some macadamia nuts for my family! Can;t wait to see them too! HUGZ!

Went shopping with darlin at Indoo Shopping Ctr this afternoon. Bought a Samsonite Hip pouch, some xmas gift for my friends and family. I love shopping!

Nothing much to do when I get home. Watched Australia Idol and Casey Donavan is the new Australia idol! hmm..Young girl with lotsa talent. Anyway, I gonna go play scrabble with darlin!

Ahh…another day. Oh well.

Spent the whole day lazing around. Didn’t wanna go out cos I’m unwell today. Menses came on the 20th, as usual. Just watched a dvd with darlin.

Growing to love German Shepherds more and more. They are gorgeous! Anyway, just wanna thank darlin for buying dinner today, coaxing me and getting me chocolate! Muackz!

Went to casino with darlin these few days cos it’s simply tooooooo boring at home! Argh..Lost money practically on every trip!! If I do a rough calculation, I think both of us would had lost around $150 already! Hmmm.. Not good. Anyway, we aren’t going there anymore! hahaa…Been telling ourselves this many many times!

So instead of learning something good in Brisbane, we pick up gambling, Oh no!

Was surfing the net and found these terrific gowns! They are so pretty! I’ve gotten the pictures from www.theknot.com . Whoever are getting married and want some ideas for their wedding, that’s a great website to look at.

Here are some of my fave!

This is my favourite!!! I simply adore this! This gown might look simple but I fell in love with it the moment I saw it. It’s such a nice nice gown to me.

Another gown with those ribbon thingy on the waist. I really like laces and ribbon.

Those flowers are sweet! Aren’t they?

I know this is ultra simple but the pink sash/band remind me of the Japanese Kimono!

Another one that has flowers embroidary and lace on it!

All the gowns above are from Sincerity Bridal Collection, Mikaella which I gotten from the website www.theknot.com.

Hee…All the gowns that I like simply looks the same ah! hahaha….

Had a tired and eventful day. Went house hunting with my cousin the whole afternoon after having brunch over at Sunnybank.

Don’t really feel good yesterday morning. How do one feel when someone kinda tell you stay clear and bugger off. Sad, disappointed? And adding further that you are so sicked and boring to look at? I’ll always have these words somewhere at the back of my head. “So Sick looking at ya”. “Don’t you feel it?”

Today is the 17th and I always have a nice feeling about the 17th of every month but I feel like a complete fool now. Feel like a freaking ‘diot. hmm..

Exam finished today! WooHoo!!! Need I say more?!
This feeling is great! hmm..Gonna enjoy myself while waiting for the result to be released!

Here’s a test that darlin got from his brother and very kindly forwarded to me…
You can take your test here.

Here’s a little about me. Pretty true.

Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self — always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potentials.

Idealists are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life, the “not visible” or the “not yet” that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things.

Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships, Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with their children; and in marriage they wish to find a “soulmate,” someone with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.

Idealists are rare, making up between 20 and 25 percent of the population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers.

Had a early early brunch at 1045am this morning! haha…had some spag, satay chicken and stirred fried broccoli. My ever-so-kind darlin offered to wash up the dishes after seeing me coooking in the kitchen, struggling with the chicken for almost an hour. Anyway, the meal was so-so but still edible.

Called home and chatted with mum for a while. I’m always so happy to call home and my mum picked up the phone. I missed her so much. Anyway, was worried when I can’t contact her yesterday but realised laster on in the evening that it’s a public holiday back in SG when I called my dearest sis in the evening. Chatted with my sis for while too. I’m glad that the whole family will be going for a short gateway to Genting when I returned. The last time the whole family went on trip was like…10 years ago? Hmm..When I just finished my PSLE! Duhz….. These few years had been difficult for us toco-ordinate with each other for a trip, me working and studying, dad working, sis studying and mum….she’s alright. Finally, this time round, dad can relax and spend more time after changing to his new job. Sis is gonna finished her O level soon and I’m going back to SG for my summer hols!

Going to genting, which is in Malaysia might be insignificant to some of the people. But to me, I love it. It’s the one of the first places where I go when I was young. still remember when I was young and about 6, I lay on my parent’s lap when we went for a genting trip. Surprisingly, I can still remember it! Hmm…I wonder what happened if I lay on my parents lap now..hahaha…They will scream! Haha..Crappy me. Anyway, my mum was telling me..dad told her that this time round, we have to get 2 rooms instead of one. My mum was like…”DUHZ” of cos..! The previous time, which is 10 years back, my sis was still a baby and I was just 12, of cos we have to share a room. Now that my sis is 16 and I’m 22!!!! It would be so weird sharing a room with my parents man! hahaha… Oh well.. my dad. I hope the whole family can get to travel together mroe frequently in the near future now that both sis and I are grown up. Going to this genting trip might be consider “cheap” for some people but I already feel very lucky. Going to this trip will set my dad back around 2 to 3 grand with the accomodation, transport and our daily allowance. Of cos it’s nothing compared to family who go to europe every year. But at least, I get to travel ourside Singapore with my dearest family. For that, I am already very thankful and I really appreciate my dad for making this trip possible!

Alright, time to go bathe and start revision. Oh gosh, darlin just told me that today’s temperature is 31°C! Freaking hot!

Oh…one more paper down! Did my Management Paper this afternoona dn it’s a so-so paper. Thankfully. Totally shagged out after the paper. Wrote 5 full pages for the essay questions. I’m drained.

Shall typed less tonight! Tired.

Just had a really really warm soothing shower. Immerse myself with the geranium and chamomile body wash and pampered my hair with the lavender and lemon conditioner and ending it with my lavender and Ylang Ylang talcum powder. I feel like I’m in some garden but I simply adore the niceness it brings! It’s so relaxing after a long day!

Had my maths paper today. Was abit more difficult then I’ve expected it to be. Ahh… Complacent Val. I should had been more studious and tried all possible questions but I just heck care. Nahhh..this is not good. Hmm.. Anyway, we’ll wait for the grade.

Had dinner with darlin at Happy World. Ordered a Braised duck with Veggies and Sweet and sour King prawn. I know darlin really love the duck and I gonna learn how to cook it after the exam. The bill come out to about $33 which is kinda steep ah. Consider I can buy 2 days worth of groceries with that amount of money.

Honestly speaking, I know darlin can make do with the one dish (duck with vege) but knowing the choosy me, he never fail to ordered additional dishes for me. And worst, he had to finished up everything in the end. I know you care ok, darlin?! I love you. Hehe..And this is also partly the reason for him to grow bigger and bigger. OoPs…I still remember the day I first saw him. So SKINNY!! hahaha…Alright, it’s a 20+ kg gain now but ohhhh..I love him! I love rubbing his tummy. I wonder if any of you love the smell of your other half? I do! I love the way my darlin smell anytime! It’s just him. It’s Hin-aroma! But it kinda pissed him off that I kept sniffing at him sometimes..

Alright, darlin had just finished bathing… and of cos, being the very nice and kind boyfriend, he’s mopping up all the excess water on the bathroom floor that I’ve created earlier on. I’m clumsy and I will fall. Ok, time for management revision!

Ok, some picture to let whoever interested to know that Val had not yet drown herself in those heaps of notes..

Ok..I know I does look scary in the bottom 2 pic… ahahaa… BOO!!!

Just came back after the accounting paper. Totally shagged out. I had only one minute left after trying all the questions. honestly speaking, the paper is not hard but it does require some thinkin which I need alot. Anyway, I just have to get over it since it’s over.

I’m not sure if it’s the food I ate during lunch or am I just plain nervous. I actually went to the ladies thrice before the exam. Oh man. I better take something light before my paper tomorrow. Feel so tired the whole day. must be cos of the concurrent dream I had last night. I actually three different kinda dreams last night. One of which is REALLLY unpleasant(which I blame it on the full porridge supper I hadearlier on) which I really do not want to say. The other two is so-so and I actually find it funny. I dunno if anyone heard of this, but my mum used to tell me to flip my pillow whenever I had a nightmare and to utter a prayer. It actually work for me. I shall not talk more about those dreams today since it’s gonna be too dodgy if I write everything here, hence I’ll skipped that to save you from boredom. I seriously hope that I won’t have any of the nightmares tonight.

Oh well, gonna slack awhile before I continue my revision for Maths tomorrow. Wish me luck.

First paper tomorrow. Got a feelin’ that it’s here too fast yet I can’t wait for it to finish. Hosnestly speaking, I don’t think I put in alot of effort. Hmm.. That’s not good isn’t it. Anyway, Accounting’s the first paper and the paper which I detested most. I shouldn’t have any problem with Accounting but I’m just easily confused by the questions. I need lotsa time to decipher what the lecturer really wants. Alright, enough about the darn exams.

Really cooling today. Was 20.5°C when I last check www.ourbrisbane.com . The forecast actually says that it gonna be no more than 24°C tomorrow which is good. I hate hot stuffy days! Had a long sleep last night, only woke up at around 10am this morning. Darlin was earlier then me even though he slept really late last night,hmm..this morning at around 3am if I’m not wrong.

Wanted to eat some porridge to neutralise our stomach after last night’s stomach-churning meal. The curry we had last night was SUPER SPICY! Those curries from those authentic indian resturants can really kill man. Darlin drank amost 3 L of water last night, at the table. hahaha….And ended up with thick sexy lips too. I had to buy a ice-cream to sooth my stomach after the meal. Thankfully, the curries doesn;t have any adversely effect on my stomach this morning. Anyway, I was saying about having porridge this morning. When we reach Toowong, we were shock to see that the shop had already closed down. “SHOP FOR LEASE“. Oh man. And what’s worst, when we drove further down the road, we saw that the real estate company that rent us this property had also moved too. To where, we don’t know. Darn. Darlin actually tried contending against the rain to take a look but I “forbidded” since it was raining real heavily outside. I hope the company won’t go burst. Oh man. Anyway, we made our way to Milton to have our brunch at Singapura Resturant, where I had clay pot noodles, which was kinda nice and darlin had his usual Chicken rice.

Bought some groceries on our way home too. Gonna cook porridge for dinner. In fact, cooking now. I added some wine to the pork when marinating it which kinda made the porridge sour. I hope darlin won’t notice that. I’m sucha smart alec.

Gonna go bathe and continue my revision. Hope the porridge turn out alright. I missed my mum. She cooked the BEST porridge.