Day 3....One of the highlights

DAY 3 OF COCB EXCHANGE



Codger, the cute puppy, is having its morning stretch!



















I came to join in the fun- I had my morning jump!

Oops...horrible landing! (The girl on the right is Kristin, who is 9 years old).

Driving on the famous Story Bridge!

Peng Ning (front) and Daniel (back) in the car...

We then went for bike riding along the river near Southbank...(I forgot to take pics of Southbank! :( - I was too busy enjoying my lunch and ice-cream there). (From left: Peng Ning, Me, Paul, Kristin and Daniel)

Nice and cooling under the bridge. (From the front, then left: Peng Ning, Faith, Paul and Kristin)

Peng Ning in his helmets taking a shot with the high rise buildings.

Now me in helmets taking a shot with the high rise buildings...

I'm still nice without the helmet....

I know, you can't see my face but Look! the main focus is the Story Bridge!

All the little children...(From left: Kristin, Peng Ning, Me, Daniel)

Well, we went to the church first thing in the morning after having our breakfast and the church session lasted for 1.5 hours(?). We then went back home to rest a while before going for the bike riding cum picnic outing- Super duper fun! (Best if not one of the best highlights of the trip). After the outing we returned home again and brought Codger, the puppy, for a walk to the doggy park to allow him to unwine and have fun socialising with other dogs in the park.

Well, not many pictures this time as I had too much fun to take them- not that the other days were not as fun but...you know, I enjoyed myself too much. Haha!

See ya!

Part 2 of Day 2's Photos

Getting off the bus excitedly to step on the sands of GoldCoast for the first time.. :D



Nice buildings along the beaches....





The sun is setting so gracefully...admire its beauty!





Just take a quick snap with the ocean- I DON"T WANNA GET WET!

But i did....

Look at the soft sand! Oops, it's gettin' into people's eyes!!!

Cute little footprints

My master piece!

A group photo

"Mr Tan, can I take a pic of your soiled shoes?"

"Of course! Of course!"

THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK SPECTACULAR!

In case you guys don't know what's this. it's actually a show featuring mainly horses as well as some stuff about Australia...It's like a watch and dine kind of show where of course, you dine while you watch/ watch while you dine.

This where all the audiences assemble b4 entering the hall...It's like a pub where there's singing and sale of beers and stuff...

Look at the bar!! And this fella over here!


A bunch of sporty cowboys and cowgirls(?)

I'm gonna post the photos of day pretty soon and stay tune! If you're wondering why I took so long to complete the whole post, it's because I've been extremely busy and recently I just got a fever from my brother.

Enjoy!

Money cannot be eaten

Hi guys,

I went to the S'pore Zoo yesterday and learnt about the importance of mangroves and forests in our world. There's one particular saying that I really want to share with all of you, esp. money maniacs...It's really wise.

Only after the last tree has been cut down;
Only after the last river has been poisoned;
Only after the last fish has been caught,
will one realise,
money cannot be eaten.

Indian/ African saying (? unsure...)

Well, maybe the punctuation is a little problematic, but the message is clear. So SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT and remember, MONEY CANNOT BE EATEN.

Lol...maybe I'd post some photos but I really need to find time...I'll try my best anyway!

P/S: Stay tuned for the next part of the AUST photos!

CIP activity at the Adeventist Home for the Aged

Hi everyone!

Today my class went to do some CIP activity to celebrate our school's Founder's Day.

For our class, we went to the Adventist Home for the Aged, which caters to both able and disabled old people who have/ do not have loved ones...

It was a pretty nice experience for me as we get to interact with the aged and most importantly, make their day. We did some singing, games, performances to entertain all of the "residents" there and also distributed some small gifts to them. There was a language barrier between us and the elderly there as it seems that none of us speaks dialect...or maybe more of wouldn't dare to speak dialects to the elderly.

Some of us help to clean the place up after that- I helped to clean the windows while some others helped to clear the rubbish bins in the homes. I was surprised that the home didn't need much cleaning. Perhaps there are many other volunteers from different organizations to help out.

Besides helping to clean the home, we kept the elderly company by playing intellectual games such as chinese chess, checkers, Dum(?) and Carrom (?). (Isn't sure of the spelling) and had a whale of a time ourselves...

We ended 1 hour earlier than expected and went to a nearby food court to have some food while we waited for the bus for an hour...

It's too bad that we couldn't accompany the residents of the home for lunch. But anyway, it was a fun experience after all. What a good way to celebrate Founder's Day!

:)

Second Round Of Photos!

Hi guys,

Here are the second round of photos featuring photos from the second day...

It's broken into 2 parts as there are too many photos to publish. So, what I've done is that I've pubished the photos I've taken in Dreamworld...

Stay tune to watch photos taken from the Gold Coast and Australia Outback Spectacular!

There are some videos too...so, enjoy!

I went to take some pictures of the house that I was staying the very next morning...I was gorgeous- clean, big, well-designed.

Front of the house...2-storeyed!

Their garage covered by the shuttle.

Half of their back-yard...See that boy over there? He's Daniel and I'm playing cricket with him...You might just be wondering...CRICKET? Yes, cricket. I've learnt cricket from Daniel and he's super good at it...

This is Peng Ning's bed in Daniel's room.

My room...which is clearly Kristin's room...you'd be able to see that from the doll and and the thingy on the wall... :)

I can see the neighbours backyard...so big also. The wind from outside also comes in through the nettings and cools the room down, making the temperature more comfortable... :) Natural Air Condition!

A picture of their living room taken from the second floor corridor...How gorgeous!

Just to give all of you an idea of what is inside Dreamworld...

Clifford, "Eh, Can help me take a photo of this please?" (on the verge of tears)

I thought that this helicopter was just for display- but relised my mistake when it flew for AUSD50.00 per person.

I'm Croc Hunter 2...kind of...

OMG....Tower of Terror- Known to be the world highest and fastest ride!

My legs were trembling....the ride travels at 157km/h....

video on how the ride is like... the long vertical thingy with something going down...

Can you see me? I can't believe I'm on this ride...Oh goodness!

Lemme zoom in in case you can't...

After that horrifying amazingly thrilling ride, we moved on on a traditional coal-powered train

Joel Teo became hungry so he purchase this sandwich for AUSD7.00 and ate only the fillings....

Cute Kangaroo munching away its food...

After looking at the Kangis, we went to see the emus

Although slow, the Vintage cars were pretty fun

Having visited the mini-zoo, we decided to go for lunch at the cafe...And GUESS WHAT? This costs AUsD 5.50...just a whole lump of cream with some strawberries on top and a super hard wafer as a base. Again, it's bought by Joel Teo who found the fast food were far from his expectations...

Clifford and I went to the Tiger show with Ms. Sandra Tan...wasn't really jaw-dropping...

Gorgeous tigers, but not a very nice performance was put up.

Clifford and I wondered into this horrible ship that went at 8km/h...Arghss...


It's for little little children...but we took a couple of photos anyway.


I think that's about all...The next part of our day would be in another separate post...so stay tune!