Saturday, January 31, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
on board peel's cruises!
So after the journey through the dark but awesome caves, it was finally time for our afternoon seabreeze intake. We boarded a cruise ship that took us around the lakes to see various neighbouring islands and also lots of water... fascinating hey? Actually, it wasn't all too bad because we saw DOLPHINS!! (only their fins and backs to be exact, but there was a whole family of them!)
Closer shot of the dolphins...
What I really wanted them to do were jumps in and out of the water, you know, like in the movies but because they're wild, it was so not possible. If only... then that would've been a perfect snapshot! Anyway, because all I saw was land, trees, grass, sand and liquid, I won't bother to post any bland landscape pictures up, but here's a picture of another animal spotted during the ride... this time it's Mr. Pelican.
He looks lonely. Where were those pretty black swans that could've kept him company?
Ah ha, caught them! They were hanging out with a gang of street seagulls just 5 minutes away.
After we passed by, it was time to head back to our original location back at the docks of Lakes Entrance. The cruise didn't even feel like 2.5 hours long, which was a good thing since there were lots to see. My friends and I tried to play the waving game while we were heading back but hardly any boats were around... we did though manage to wave to a man on a fishing boat (and he waved back)... yay, game over.
I suppose this is the end of the holiday. Overall, I was glad the weather held up pretty well, because that made the whole trip a very memorable one. Yay!
They came to greet us :)
Closer shot of the dolphins...What I really wanted them to do were jumps in and out of the water, you know, like in the movies but because they're wild, it was so not possible. If only... then that would've been a perfect snapshot! Anyway, because all I saw was land, trees, grass, sand and liquid, I won't bother to post any bland landscape pictures up, but here's a picture of another animal spotted during the ride... this time it's Mr. Pelican.
He looks lonely. Where were those pretty black swans that could've kept him company?Ah ha, caught them! They were hanging out with a gang of street seagulls just 5 minutes away. So moving along, the cruise was close to halfway by now and we enter the territory of some rich people's holiday houses (or actual owned properties) which I heard cost a few million. Like seriously, if you wanted to go out for a spin, you could take either the car or the boat out the back.
After we passed by, it was time to head back to our original location back at the docks of Lakes Entrance. The cruise didn't even feel like 2.5 hours long, which was a good thing since there were lots to see. My friends and I tried to play the waving game while we were heading back but hardly any boats were around... we did though manage to wave to a man on a fishing boat (and he waved back)... yay, game over.When we left the ship, we wandered to some Shell Museum (wasn't not exciting at all) and headed back to have more hot pot for dinner. Then after, we all went for a stroll around the place (and along the beach for a bit again) until it was time to rest up.
The next day was our last day, and there was hardly much to do except pack up, have breakfast and leave by 10am. On our way back however, we stopped by the scenic lookout to checkout the best view of the Lakes. I really loved this to be honest. How could you not with such aqua blue water, bright green trees and clear sky views? :D
I suppose this is the end of the holiday. Overall, I was glad the weather held up pretty well, because that made the whole trip a very memorable one. Yay!Friday, January 16, 2009
buchan caves!
On Sunday (11th Jan), it was a very early 6.30am wake up in order to use time up effectively for 2 grand activities.
After having instant noodles for breakfast (cheh, no time to cook so damn early in the morning)... we headed out to check out the times for the lakes cruises. $38.50 per person for a 2.5 hour cruise at 2.30pm... perfect... so while there was time, we decided to head to the Buchan (pronounced as 'Buck-en') Caves to see why it was one of the destinations to visit while at LE.
It took about 45 mins to drive up north to an isolated area where the caves were and so once we arrived, we began our 1 hour journey into the caves, which (I believed...) was 600m deep underground.
Moving along, we came across lots of icicle-like structures sticking from the top of the caves, such as these:
If you're wondering what they're called, the name is stalactites, and those that grow from the cave bottom are stalagmites. Yeeeah, I listened. So what else was down there? These sparkling crystal-like rocks... I thought they were very beautiful up close.
I am not too sure what they were exactly, but it was a massive formation. So while we were pretty much at the bottom of the deep caves by now, the next stage was to walk back up again. Not tiring at the least, heck, I never knew we were so down below already. Step by step, whilst walking up, we came across this 2m TALL stalagmite... its name is Cleopatra's Needle.
Okay, that may have sounded sarcastic on some level, but seriously, you can hardly see something like this back in Melbourne. The grange at the back of my house plus my front yard can never compare to what the above picture had to offer. Anyway, so that was the caves. On the drive back, I saw another beautiful landscape which had to be taken.
I took this in the car with high speed shutter on (because obviously, the car was moving fast).
I don't know why but I admire natural scenery a lot (and the pictures I manage to take of them). It's not possible for me (or maybe I just can't because of a mind blank at the moment) to explain in words their uniqueness because it's like one of those things you have to be there for to know the feeling. :)
After having instant noodles for breakfast (cheh, no time to cook so damn early in the morning)... we headed out to check out the times for the lakes cruises. $38.50 per person for a 2.5 hour cruise at 2.30pm... perfect... so while there was time, we decided to head to the Buchan (pronounced as 'Buck-en') Caves to see why it was one of the destinations to visit while at LE.
It took about 45 mins to drive up north to an isolated area where the caves were and so once we arrived, we began our 1 hour journey into the caves, which (I believed...) was 600m deep underground.
So anyway, the one we visited was called the Royal Cave. There's another called the Fairy Cave but that was said to be smaller. I can't remember much of what the guide told us but basically, the caves were constructed by water, coral, rocks etc from millions of years ago. The formations of limestone and everything else were so interesting. Here is one of the first formations, known as the 'Font of the Gods' (picture is the same as on the ticket shown before but this one I took myself). Pretty interesting, or is it not?
Moving along, we came across lots of icicle-like structures sticking from the top of the caves, such as these:
If you're wondering what they're called, the name is stalactites, and those that grow from the cave bottom are stalagmites. Yeeeah, I listened. So what else was down there? These sparkling crystal-like rocks... I thought they were very beautiful up close.
I am not too sure what they were exactly, but it was a massive formation. So while we were pretty much at the bottom of the deep caves by now, the next stage was to walk back up again. Not tiring at the least, heck, I never knew we were so down below already. Step by step, whilst walking up, we came across this 2m TALL stalagmite... its name is Cleopatra's Needle.I've no idea why it is named that and I really don't need or want to know so continuing on, we finally saw daylight. It was literally the light at the end of the tunnel. Now back to civilisation, we ended up being at the top of a mountain and the view was just spectacular. Green, green grass and trees...
Okay, that may have sounded sarcastic on some level, but seriously, you can hardly see something like this back in Melbourne. The grange at the back of my house plus my front yard can never compare to what the above picture had to offer. Anyway, so that was the caves. On the drive back, I saw another beautiful landscape which had to be taken.
I took this in the car with high speed shutter on (because obviously, the car was moving fast).
I don't know why but I admire natural scenery a lot (and the pictures I manage to take of them). It's not possible for me (or maybe I just can't because of a mind blank at the moment) to explain in words their uniqueness because it's like one of those things you have to be there for to know the feeling. :)
I think there were a bit too many photos in this post so I will continue about the Lakes Cruise we took in the afternoon later.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
weekend getaway
...to Lakes Entrance!
This is only the beginning, I thought to myself. When night gradually approached, we headed out to the beach (again...) to see the sunset. The sun was hiding behind clouds and for it to be just above the lake was spectacular. This is one of my favourite pics so far.
The sky never ceases to become even more pretty. Better yet, this next picture captures the light beaming out from the clouds. It was much more appealing when actually on the beach but otherwise, my 8.1mp Sony digital camera captured a great deal of it.
It was a long 4-5 hour drive, only because we took way too many stops. Anyway, me, being the pro map reader and navigator of the unknown lands, we finally got to Lakes Entrance. Before we got there, the drive amongst the hill roads brought us views of the serene blue waters and the lush green grass. It was so nice! The breeze was the best as it was coming straight from the ocean unlike back in Melbourne when sometimes during a really hot summer day, the air becomes suffocating... like yesterday.
Here is a view of a part of the lake, with the main footbridge on the right and paddle boats at the far end on the left. This path leads to the popular Ninety Mile beach.
So when we got to the other side, you had to walk up a little hill of sand before you could see the wide ocean... I was like OMG, this is so much better than Chelsea beach. The sand was so soft, clean as no other sand could be and the feeling of it being in between your toes... just so relaxing.
So when we got to the other side, you had to walk up a little hill of sand before you could see the wide ocean... I was like OMG, this is so much better than Chelsea beach. The sand was so soft, clean as no other sand could be and the feeling of it being in between your toes... just so relaxing.
This is only the beginning, I thought to myself. When night gradually approached, we headed out to the beach (again...) to see the sunset. The sun was hiding behind clouds and for it to be just above the lake was spectacular. This is one of my favourite pics so far.
Isn't that just beautiful? So as we were flying kites on the beach, the time was around 8.30pm...
The sky never ceases to become even more pretty. Better yet, this next picture captures the light beaming out from the clouds. It was much more appealing when actually on the beach but otherwise, my 8.1mp Sony digital camera captured a great deal of it.
We pretty much just roamed the beach during that Saturday. For dinner, we had homemade hotpot... mmm. I will continue with Sunday and Monday in another post as time is short.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
drawing & crafting.
I still remember the time when I first started to draw, which was in grade 4 with a display folder full of different Dragonball Z images printed out. I began to trace them during some spare time and eventually tried to mimic the actual picture by pencil onto a piece of blank paper. Can't exactly remember what happened with those drawings but I guess it lead me to enjoy (maybe love) graphics during year 10, 11 and 12... and to my hobby of drawing (and crafting).
Short and snappy history, eh? ....hope that didn't bore you.
What's more surprising is that none of my parents have that creative flair. Anyway, even during some Chinese school classes I kept drawing in my book to the point where the teacher had to tell me off for not listening to her. Gosh, drawing got me into trouble...haha. Oh well, at least my drawing skills are pretty okay now. Woot.
Initially, I wasn't going to type up so much crap about one of my hobbies but because I felt like typing a lot, all that just happened. Here's a few things I've made during last year.
Some of you might've seen this already from my deviantart page, but yeah, here it is... again. What do you think? I've been so lazy that from those many times I've said I wanted to put them on a site to sell, I haven't yet... need to get around to attempting that. My dreams of being an entrepreneur are still far away... haha.
Short and snappy history, eh? ....hope that didn't bore you.
What's more surprising is that none of my parents have that creative flair. Anyway, even during some Chinese school classes I kept drawing in my book to the point where the teacher had to tell me off for not listening to her. Gosh, drawing got me into trouble...haha. Oh well, at least my drawing skills are pretty okay now. Woot.
Initially, I wasn't going to type up so much crap about one of my hobbies but because I felt like typing a lot, all that just happened. Here's a few things I've made during last year.
Some of you might've seen this already from my deviantart page, but yeah, here it is... again. What do you think? I've been so lazy that from those many times I've said I wanted to put them on a site to sell, I haven't yet... need to get around to attempting that. My dreams of being an entrepreneur are still far away... haha.
I really need to post more interesting things. I felt the need to post today so I just quickly thought of this. Maybe if anything very odd/strange/exciting happens at work perhaps I'll write about that... the adventures of being a checkout chick... *dun dun da naaaa*
'Yes' Man.
So today, I went to watch the movie 'Yes Man'. Once we got to the cinemas, the line was like SO LONG...as long as from first thought, that it'll take at least an hour to get through (but fortunately, we got our tickets within 20 minutes). Anyway, my opinions of the movie.
Rating: 8/10
Jim Carrey was HILARIOUS. He was so perfect for the role in the movie! Although the plot of the story was quite easy to grasp (basically, he said no to all opportunities that came his way, but after a seminar that influenced him to say yes to everything, he swung open doors and was open to all things without any thoughts about the consequences involved), he did a great job of it. I personally enjoyed this more because he spoke (or attempted to speak) Korean after saying yes to an ad that promoted a class for the language... aahha, oh my obsession *insert odd smiley here*.
Anyway, the moral/s of the film... to not shut yourself from the world, accept those opportunities that come your way that you believe will be enjoyable, fun and worthwhile for yourself, to be able to say no to things and opportunities you believe will do you no good in any way and do the things you like/love or take up activities you want to try to do as this builds your skills/knowledge no matter how well you think you are with it (they will definitely help in situations you least expect them to). There may be more but teaching the philosophy of life isn't my thing.
A sort-of memorable quote:
"I do want to take guitar lessons. I do want to learn how to fly. Yes, I would like to learn Korean." - When Carl stands in front of many ads with opportunities all open for him to accept (which he does to the above mentioned).
...running while taking pictures, blurry photos may become the thing in the future. (You'll know what I mean when you see the film) - in relation to a combination of photography and exercising. Maybe I should try that one day... actually, I should master taking photos standing still first.
PS. Look what I stumbled upon!
'Yes Man' enters Aussie chart at No.1
Jim Carrey's latest vehicle Yes Man has topped the Australian box office chart.
The Peyton Reed-helmed slapstick comedy knocks Brad Pitt's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button into second place.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a140444/yes-man-enters-aussie-chart-at-no1.html
GO WATCH IT (if you haven't already... and if you're disappointed, don't blame me. I'm a fan of comedy.)
Rating: 8/10
Jim Carrey was HILARIOUS. He was so perfect for the role in the movie! Although the plot of the story was quite easy to grasp (basically, he said no to all opportunities that came his way, but after a seminar that influenced him to say yes to everything, he swung open doors and was open to all things without any thoughts about the consequences involved), he did a great job of it. I personally enjoyed this more because he spoke (or attempted to speak) Korean after saying yes to an ad that promoted a class for the language... aahha, oh my obsession *insert odd smiley here*.
Anyway, the moral/s of the film... to not shut yourself from the world, accept those opportunities that come your way that you believe will be enjoyable, fun and worthwhile for yourself, to be able to say no to things and opportunities you believe will do you no good in any way and do the things you like/love or take up activities you want to try to do as this builds your skills/knowledge no matter how well you think you are with it (they will definitely help in situations you least expect them to). There may be more but teaching the philosophy of life isn't my thing.
A sort-of memorable quote:
"I do want to take guitar lessons. I do want to learn how to fly. Yes, I would like to learn Korean." - When Carl stands in front of many ads with opportunities all open for him to accept (which he does to the above mentioned).
...running while taking pictures, blurry photos may become the thing in the future. (You'll know what I mean when you see the film) - in relation to a combination of photography and exercising. Maybe I should try that one day... actually, I should master taking photos standing still first.
PS. Look what I stumbled upon!
'Yes Man' enters Aussie chart at No.1
Jim Carrey's latest vehicle Yes Man has topped the Australian box office chart.
The Peyton Reed-helmed slapstick comedy knocks Brad Pitt's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button into second place.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a140444/yes-man-enters-aussie-chart-at-no1.html
GO WATCH IT (if you haven't already... and if you're disappointed, don't blame me. I'm a fan of comedy.)
Monday, January 5, 2009
my attempt to start bloggering.
Hello...howdy...hi... WASSUP!
Okay, what a bad way to start. I tried to start my post off with enthusiasm and excitement since this is my very first post, but from only reading that first line, it sounded like I encountered a minor few seconds of multiple-personality disorder. Forgive me.
I hope to have lots to write about, whether it be about random rants, my totally creative ability to like draw and stuff, my fascination with korean culture (pssh, I swear I'll try keep that to a minimum) or any 'emo' moments I may be experiencing (I wonder if I'll have any...really.) So, if there are any aliens out there, please hear me out... or just flip through my art of awesomeness. Kamsahamnida! (For those dumbfounded out there, it means thanks in the language I've yet to master - Korean. *cough*)
Just a few things regarding starting a blog (for me).
- I took at least 1 to 2 hours just to create my very simple layout (I'm fussy...okay.)
- The images I used for my banner were drawn by me. I created photoshop brushes out of them, so if you want to use them too, check out my deviant: http://raspberrydonkey.deviantart.com to download them (PS. Stealing is bad. Use for own purposes only... yo.)
- Influenced by this michyeosseo (sp?) chingu because her blog is so so mindblowing. (ROFL.)
Guess that's all for numero uno.
:]
(PSS. I used 3 languages in this post. Such a multilingualist, be surprised when I use more.)
Okay, what a bad way to start. I tried to start my post off with enthusiasm and excitement since this is my very first post, but from only reading that first line, it sounded like I encountered a minor few seconds of multiple-personality disorder. Forgive me.
I hope to have lots to write about, whether it be about random rants, my totally creative ability to like draw and stuff, my fascination with korean culture (pssh, I swear I'll try keep that to a minimum) or any 'emo' moments I may be experiencing (I wonder if I'll have any...really.) So, if there are any aliens out there, please hear me out... or just flip through my art of awesomeness. Kamsahamnida! (For those dumbfounded out there, it means thanks in the language I've yet to master - Korean. *cough*)
Just a few things regarding starting a blog (for me).
- I took at least 1 to 2 hours just to create my very simple layout (I'm fussy...okay.)
- The images I used for my banner were drawn by me. I created photoshop brushes out of them, so if you want to use them too, check out my deviant: http://raspberrydonkey.deviantart.com to download them (PS. Stealing is bad. Use for own purposes only... yo.)
- Influenced by this michyeosseo (sp?) chingu because her blog is so so mindblowing. (ROFL.)
Guess that's all for numero uno.
:]
(PSS. I used 3 languages in this post. Such a multilingualist, be surprised when I use more.)
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