It has been a while...

It has been a while since I last blogged. eRm... not that nothing happened, but because too many things happened!! The Easter show was great and I should have a lot to talk about supposingly. Uploading photos is quite a disaster as it takes a while to be uploaded. Therefore, I decided to attach a link to Fritz's blog where most of the photos are shown there. (Of course with his "hiao" pictures!! Hahaha!!) Hope he doesn't mind.. haha! I'm advertising his blog man! There you go~ here and here

It has been raining for the past few days and the temperature has decreased drastically. Tuesday was suppose to be an exciting day since we will be having Wednesday (Anzac Day) and Thursday (no class) off! However, when I woke up, I realised the sky was grey and droplets just wouldn't stop from falling. It began with light drizzles and progressed into heavy pour! Gosh! How are we gonna pass that "PUDDLE"? (A super big and deep puddle on the way to uni) That was the first thought came in mind. After short discussion, Yu Wooi decided to stay at home, while HL and I decided to take a longer way through the main road.

I got so regretted for suggesting taking the main road as not only it did NOT help, it was worse!

1. Longer way
2. more puddles
3. cars splashing water!?!?!
   

This is a disaster I can say! Our feet was cold, and HL's shoes/feet were soaked in water! Thank goodness I made the so-called "right" choice to wear flip-flops. Our pants were soaking wet! I thought I was smart enough to wear three-quarter pants so that I wouldn't wet it while walking. Out of expectation, the rain was so heavy and the wind was so strong that my whole pants were S.O.A.K.I.N.G wet! It was so bad that even a light squeeze may drain the rainwater. After Erin's 2 hour (or 1 and a half hour to be exact) lecture, we cannot endure the uncomfortably soaked pants (soaked shoes in HL's case), we decided to go back to CHANGE before heading towards our Neuroscience Lecture with Phil Bolton.

In conclusion, one word - Disastrous


PS. I got to get a heater real SOON! & Yup, the sky is crying...

I got tagged I got tagged!

I got tagged I got tagged by Fritz! Alright, the rules begin here...

Each one starts out by telling 6 weird things about themselves. People who get tagged need to write (in their own blog) 6 weird things as well and state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. After you do that, leave each of them a comment letting them know you tagged them and the cycle goes on.

Here it goes...
- Burp a lot
- Drink water nonstop if I'm nervous or nothing to do
- Apply lotion nonstop if I feel my skin burning hot
- Talk to my puppets
- Touch or bite my lips
- Hug something to sleep

Now for the 2nd tag...GETTING TO KNOW HIM...=)

LAYER 1: ON THE OUTSIDE.
Name: Tseng Hsin-Yi (call me Cindy)
Birth Date: 4th July 1986
Current Status: single for my whole life already
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Hair Colour: Black
Righty or Lefty: Righty

LAYER 2: ON THE INSIDE.
My Heritage : Dad Taiwanese, Mom Taiwanese & I'm a fake Malaysian
My Fears : Astraphobia (which means feared of lightning and thunder)
My Perfect Pizza : Cheesy bites Hawaiian delight & Cheese Lover

LAYER 3: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW.
My Thoughts First Waking Up : Should I wake up now?
My Bedtime : Late at night during holidays
My Most Missed Memory: Those wonderful dreams

LAYER 4: MY PICK.
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald's or Burger King: McD
Single or Group Dates: Group
Adidas or Nike: Niek
Tea or Nestea: JUStea
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
Cappuccino or Coffee: Mocha!

LAYER 5: DO YOU...
Smoke: Oh yea, I "smoke" oxygen for survival
Curse: Maybe I did? No idea
Take a Shower: Daily?
Have a Crush: Passion crush, Pine crush
Think You've Been In Love: I'm always in love, just with different things
Go To School: Uni now
Want To Get Married: in less than 10 years time?
Believe In Yourself: Of course!
Think You're A Health Freak: I pick on unhealthy food (but I still eat them)

LAYER 6: IN THE PAST.
Drank Alcohol: Yup
Gone To The Mall : Yea, stockland mall at least once a week
Been On Stage: Yea, ages ago
Eaten Sushi: Duh!
Dyed Your Hair: once in A level... It's only a highlight

LAYER 7: HAVE YOU EVER...
Played A Stripping Game: No
Changed Who You Were To Fit In: more or less yes

LAYER 8: AGE YOU'RE HOPING...
To Be Married: 26?

LAYER 9: IN A GUY...
Best Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Best Hair Colour: Black
Short Hair or Long Hair: short

LAYER 10: WHAT WERE YOU DOING...
A Minute Ago: answering the previous questions
An Hour Ago: Watching series
4.5 Hours Ago: sleeping
1 Month Ago: HUBS 3206 lab at this time
1 Year Ago: Easter Holiday in Morpeth

LAYER 11: FINISH THE SENTENCES...
I love : my mom
I hate: getting stomach aches (which I'm having now)
I hide: my talent (no talent also = =)
I miss: Malaysia
I need: to continue on my assignments
I Tag...

1.Benedict
2.MengKim
3.Tian Mun
4.William
5.Yee Wern
6.Edison

Taronga Zoo

My plan as stated below

Time Table

1. Bus 226 @ 6.08am
2. Reach Broadmeadow Station @ 6.25am
3. Broadmeadow Station Route 300 bus @6.47am
4. Reach Central @ 9.22am
5. Central @ 9.28/9.29/9.33am
6. Reach Circular Quay @ 9.36/9.37/9.41am
7. Circular Quay Wharf 2 @ 9.45am
   
8. Reach Taronga Zoo @ 9.57am
9. Enter the zoo @ 10am!!

Estimated Expenses (for transportation & tickets only)

1. Bus 226 return @ AUD5.80
2. Train Bus Route 300 return ticket from Broadmeadow to Circular Quay @ AUD24
3. ZooPass (including Ferry, zoo entrance, Sky Safari) @ AUD39

Total: AUD68.80

In reality...

Time Table

1. Bus 226 @ 6.18am (6.08am is for weekdays!! NOT Saturday)
2. Reach broadmeadow Station @ 6.35am
3. Broadmeadow Station Route 300 bus @ 6.47am Special Express bus JUST for us @ 7.00am
4. Reach Central @ 9.15am
5. Central @ 9.45am (long story... read on if you wanna know)
   
6. Reach Circular Quay @ 9.53am
7. Circular Quay Wharf 2 @ 10.15am
8. Reach Taronga Zoo @ 10.27am
9. Enter the zoo @ 10.45am
   

Expenses (for transportation & tickets only)

1. Bus 226 return @ AUD5.80
2. Train Bus return ticket from Broadmeadow to Circular Quay @ AUD24
3. Ferry @ AUD10.40
4. Zoo entrance (including Sky Safari) @ AUD22.50
   

Total: AUD62.70
SAVED AUD6.10!!


Shall I begin...

Su Pin, Jacqueline, Hock Luck & I have planned to leave an hour later than Jesselyn. Therefore, we should lag one hour behind them. Early this morning, Su Pin called... Thinking that she was going to ask where and when we were suppose to meet. Answered her excitedly... but the conversation was disappointing.
"Cindy, err... I think we (referring to Jacqueline & herself) are not going..."
"O_O WHY!?!?!" *struck by lightning*
"I injured my hand. It was swollen for the whole night and I couldn't sleep."
"...skip..."
"...skip..."
"...skip..."
No need to be so "BA" wanting to know what our conversation was. The thing is Jacqueline and Su Pin dropped out. Of course, I told HL this news.
*sigh* "If they told us earlier, we can follow Jesselyn. Now only 2 of us..."
"...skip..."
"...skip..."

*In Broadmeadow Station*

The plan was to catch the Route 300 express bus to central but I don't know why there were SO MANY PPL! Gosh! Basically, e.v.e.r.y.o.n.e is going down to central. The seats were limited & so happened that we couldn't hop onto that bus.
"Sigh... we will be lagged half an hour behind." I thought.
Just then another bus arrived. The conductor claimed that the bus was going to central as well... before he could finish, everyone stepped out... BUT it's not an express bus... he continued. The response was SO PATHETIC! 'coz everyone stood back. After some communication between the conductor and the bus driver, the conductor shouted in excitement,
"This bus will go all the way to central without stopping!"

WOW! *eyes opened big big* (still small la)
Just hop on only la... NO STOP AT ALL LEH! How often can we get this kind of bus? Even that Route 300 express bus was NOT as express as this one. In the end we left later than Route 300 express bus, but arrived earlier. *chuckle* Wahahaha! Just like one of the Chinese idiom 因禍得福 (yin huoˋ deˊ fuˊ).

However, we did not make it to the Circular Quay before 9.45am. BECAUSE we didn't know which line we should take. Bankstown? Innerwest? Airport & East Hill? Basically, all these three get us to Circular Quay but we do not know which platform we should wait at as there were 2 directions for each line. In the end, we took the city line where it stops at the city circle only. Well, it is safer this way or else... like Pak Soon meh? Took the Blue Mountain line back to Newcastle then only realised that he was on the wrong train.

In the end, we reached 5 minutes after the Ferry left. Well, it's alright! There will be a ferry leaving every 30 minutes. So, after meeting up with William, we took the 10.15am Ferry into the zoo. While we were on the Sky Safari, heading towards the zoo, I called Jesselyn.
"Hey Jesselyn, we are on the cable car now. Where should we meet you?"
"Har? You are in the zoo already?"
"Yea... Where are you?"
"We are going now!"
"...skip skip..."

Jesselyn's timing again....
I told the other two what Jesselyn said and the response was...
"Luckily we didn't follow them..."

So... we went to tour around the zoo first. After we had seen the majority of the reptiles, there was no phone call from them. After watching bird's show and went through many cute animals, still we did not get any calls from them. So, I called again.
"Are you coming in or not?"
"Yes yes, we are looking at the reptiles now..."
"Reptiles ah..."
Before I can continue, Jesselyn said, "Go see whatever you haven't seen yet la.. we'll meet up later."
"Oh ok."

Anyway, we met up after we have already gone through Wild Asia, seal show, gorilla, tigers, lions and many more. It was not an intention meet up but just run into them by chance. So, we went to watch the bird show and Wild Asia again with them, Wild Australia, kids petting zoo, etc. By the time we finished everything, the zoo was about to close. We left the zoo and got back to central. As Hock Luck & Kim Fei were rushing back to watch the Arsenal & Liverpool match, Emmerie & I were quite rushing too. I wanted to go back early because 1) the last Bus 226 is @ 9.49pm & 2) HL is going back early. If I chose to go back later, there will be no transportation back home. After knowing we will be going home earlier, Emmerie tagged along too. We parted with Jesselyn & the others at central. Then 4 of us went for our Asian grocery at Miracle, bought our dinner & rushed back to central for the bus @ 7.00pm.

Skip those crapz la... I'm tired of typing more. The main point is we had fun and we got home safely full stop.

Photos? Here you go~

On the Ferry... I'm not in because I'm the CameraGirl!

Need not to describe, it's a Python Skeleton as stated.

Look at this cute little creature who turned around just for me to take a photo shot of him.

Lazy seal.. sleeping dead.

I'm KING of the FOREST~~

What's this? That thingy in Lion King! Hahaha!!
Wallaby! Statue... NOT
Of all the animals I went to take a shot of TAPIR? Hahaha!! It looks cleaner than the one in Zoo Negara ok?
This fascinates me! Like alien eggs hanging upside down...
The Girls (Cindy, Shook Hui, Tian Mun, Jesselyn, Angeline, Yee Wern, Emmerie)

We had fun!

PS. There are more ok? Just too many to upload!