10th APRIL
The day had finally arrived…my sis and I were finally going to Australia!! (Melbourne & Tasmania to be exact). I was very excited and also very sad coz I would miss all my babies…(sob sob, how I wished that I could stuff them in my pocket and bring them along…dun think they could tahan the pressure onboard though). I guess the reluctance and the numerous last-minute packing and checking of stuff resulted in us heading to the airport 1 hour later than the time we were supposed to leave in order to check in on time. Luckily, we were not that late and could still take some photos (Mum went to the airport to send us off…so sweet…sob sob...gonna missed her) with her and Alan.
After going through customs and stuff, we realized that our gate (C25) was closing so we ran like madwomen (and I was carrying my laptop which weighed like 10kg at that moment) towards the gate. And once again, we were lucky that passengers had not boarded the plane. We made our final calls (I called Mum and Sis called her dear Alan) before boarding the plane. Gee, our seats were 52B & 52C, near the window but not exactly near lar. The guy beside my sis was Jeffrey and he was going back to his hometown. I gotta say that there were more than 95% Caucasians than Asians (well…the destination was Australia afterall right?) I was so excited (and extremely sad ) when the plane finally took off (and I was so far from my hammies…bye babies!
I was having a bad headache (due to the lack of sleep on the previous night), starting to get sick and my head and ears hurt like hell when the plane took off. And getting hungry every second didn’t help too much. Could hardly wait for the food to come. Dinner was a choice between lemon fish and malay beef (As usual, we ordered diff stuff so that we could exchange). Mine was better as it came with rice so it was more filling. Had ice-cream as dessert! Yummy! And we got entertainment onboard! (sound rather sua ku aka mountain turtle but this was the first time I was onboard on Economy class and my second time onboard an aeroplane so I got excited easily =) We watched Mr Woodcock which was hilarious and before I knew it, they were serving breakfast. Time really flew past when you’re doing something exciting huh. Bad timing coz m tummy was feeling rather funny then but I still managed to squeeze in breakfast (couldn’t waste the yummy food in front of me right?)
We watched 27 Dresses after that and before we knew it, we were in Australia (just abt 30 minutes from Melbourne) At this moment, the toilets were occupied for the longest time. We gotta put on our seatbelts, my headache was building up and the plane was landing soon and puak! We were in Melbourne, on land! Getting our luggage was no easy feat (coz the people were crowding around the baggage area like as if they were waiting for gold). After passing through the custom, we had to find our driver. At last we found him, standing in the middle with a bunch of guys who were wearing exactly the same outfits but was holding a piece of paper with our names spelt “Joane and Julie” (gosh…from calling my name Jo-an to spelling it some other way, gotta get used to it).
Frankly speaking, we felt like some kind of celebrities, those types that got chauffeured around. I realized that certain parts of the highways do not have street lamps (guess it’s a good way to save energy. It was rather a long distance from the airport and I was so glad when we finally reached (could hardly wait to plonk on the bed and Zzzzz) Gee…there was no slope in front of Oaks on Market so the chauffeur should had the decency to help us ladies carried the luggage up the stairs (coz they were so heavy and mine didn’t have a handle)Instead he just dropped our luggage on the walkway and left us carrying something that were nearly half of our weight up that flight of stairs (luckily, no one was around to witness the ugly scene of us huffing and puffing up the stairs).
The room was big and beautiful, with a spacious ‘living room’ next to a small kitchen. And the bed was wonderful (heavenly, especially after the flight)I could immediately fall asleep but gotta bath first. After a rather short shower (coz I was dead beat) and getting ready my stuff for the following day, I finally fell asleep, with my dear rabbit, Bombi in my arms, my hammies in my mind and the exciting stuff we would be doing. My unexpected adventure was gonna began soon...
The day had finally arrived…my sis and I were finally going to Australia!! (Melbourne & Tasmania to be exact). I was very excited and also very sad coz I would miss all my babies…(sob sob, how I wished that I could stuff them in my pocket and bring them along…dun think they could tahan the pressure onboard though). I guess the reluctance and the numerous last-minute packing and checking of stuff resulted in us heading to the airport 1 hour later than the time we were supposed to leave in order to check in on time. Luckily, we were not that late and could still take some photos (Mum went to the airport to send us off…so sweet…sob sob...gonna missed her) with her and Alan.
After going through customs and stuff, we realized that our gate (C25) was closing so we ran like madwomen (and I was carrying my laptop which weighed like 10kg at that moment) towards the gate. And once again, we were lucky that passengers had not boarded the plane. We made our final calls (I called Mum and Sis called her dear Alan) before boarding the plane. Gee, our seats were 52B & 52C, near the window but not exactly near lar. The guy beside my sis was Jeffrey and he was going back to his hometown. I gotta say that there were more than 95% Caucasians than Asians (well…the destination was Australia afterall right?) I was so excited (and extremely sad ) when the plane finally took off (and I was so far from my hammies…bye babies!
I was having a bad headache (due to the lack of sleep on the previous night), starting to get sick and my head and ears hurt like hell when the plane took off. And getting hungry every second didn’t help too much. Could hardly wait for the food to come. Dinner was a choice between lemon fish and malay beef (As usual, we ordered diff stuff so that we could exchange). Mine was better as it came with rice so it was more filling. Had ice-cream as dessert! Yummy! And we got entertainment onboard! (sound rather sua ku aka mountain turtle but this was the first time I was onboard on Economy class and my second time onboard an aeroplane so I got excited easily =) We watched Mr Woodcock which was hilarious and before I knew it, they were serving breakfast. Time really flew past when you’re doing something exciting huh. Bad timing coz m tummy was feeling rather funny then but I still managed to squeeze in breakfast (couldn’t waste the yummy food in front of me right?)
We watched 27 Dresses after that and before we knew it, we were in Australia (just abt 30 minutes from Melbourne) At this moment, the toilets were occupied for the longest time. We gotta put on our seatbelts, my headache was building up and the plane was landing soon and puak! We were in Melbourne, on land! Getting our luggage was no easy feat (coz the people were crowding around the baggage area like as if they were waiting for gold). After passing through the custom, we had to find our driver. At last we found him, standing in the middle with a bunch of guys who were wearing exactly the same outfits but was holding a piece of paper with our names spelt “Joane and Julie” (gosh…from calling my name Jo-an to spelling it some other way, gotta get used to it).
Frankly speaking, we felt like some kind of celebrities, those types that got chauffeured around. I realized that certain parts of the highways do not have street lamps (guess it’s a good way to save energy. It was rather a long distance from the airport and I was so glad when we finally reached (could hardly wait to plonk on the bed and Zzzzz) Gee…there was no slope in front of Oaks on Market so the chauffeur should had the decency to help us ladies carried the luggage up the stairs (coz they were so heavy and mine didn’t have a handle)Instead he just dropped our luggage on the walkway and left us carrying something that were nearly half of our weight up that flight of stairs (luckily, no one was around to witness the ugly scene of us huffing and puffing up the stairs).
The room was big and beautiful, with a spacious ‘living room’ next to a small kitchen. And the bed was wonderful (heavenly, especially after the flight)I could immediately fall asleep but gotta bath first. After a rather short shower (coz I was dead beat) and getting ready my stuff for the following day, I finally fell asleep, with my dear rabbit, Bombi in my arms, my hammies in my mind and the exciting stuff we would be doing. My unexpected adventure was gonna began soon...
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