few days in a post

sweet day folks (= this post is going to be long. with words and pictures. compressing few days into one, including my ski trip to falls creek ! bear with more of my portrait.

#1 last weekend, arrived at falls creek in late afternoon. foggy. and snowing. but its a whole lot lesser compared to last year's.

#2 i like white trees. i mean, i like trees covered by snows! so christmas.

#3 at village bowl later that evening for 1st of july firework show. that's my new jacket. thank you mama chang for that, i love you!!! (i swiped her card)!

#4 got to admit you won't know if i am smiling or crying under that "cover". you won't even sure if that's me. but she is me!

#5 my keeper! i love him more when he's active in sports. *blushed*


wednesday. the boyfriend and me decided to finally visit the melbourne museum as they have the titanic exhibition showing till october. but its out-booked for two weeks by schools for their holiday excursion. so many primaries and secondaries with their teachers. hence, we left. planned to come back after school-breaks. perhaps when alvin chin is here, we can come together!

#6 outside melbourne museum. and this building, honestly i have no idea what's that. but taste of melbourne held there! anyone going this year? i know i am (= how can i miss out those fine food?

#7 with the "poster". i won't be able to take pictures in it anyway. this might be the only one you'll see unless you come with me.

#8 the sky is freakishly blue! cloudless. such a good day to go to the beach, you might say, but its windy and freezing!

friday. congratulation to the boyfriend who passed his exams. we were worried a couple of failures but it turned out with a happy marks. to sort of celebrate it, i begged for a retail therapy at chadstone. i like to shop there. shopping mood just switched on whenever its at chadstone. after few hours, we hunt down some pretty clothing. very much satisfied. now, my turn to get nervous for my result releasing on monday. god bless me!

#9 wearing cotton-on beanie, roxy white furry jacket, cotton-on printed tee and stussy black jeans; at yummy bubblepia, holmesglen for brunch! korean food please.

#10 they have the cheapest and deliciousness food i have ever had ! especially my favourite, kim-chi hot pot! side dishes are good too. what's in my hot pot? mushroom, tofu, kimchi, sweet potatoes noodle, pork belly!

today, saturday! the boyfriend planned our outing. which always make me feel happy. after brunch at ying thai 2, lygon street, we walked all the way to brunswick. apparently, at rose street, they have a saturday market. its a local-made market. i was so happy till i forget to take any picture. bought few handmade card and the boyfriend bought me a handmade bracelet. love it!

#11 while roaming along brunswick street, i spotted the provincial. i love their tiramisu! so we walked-in for dessert. i used to be seated at the other side of the cafe. but today, we discovery the other part is really nice and cosy. its like a indoor backyard. beautiful.

#12 unknown reason to the secret of getting fair skin. honestly, i always forget to put on sunscreen (or i should say, almost never), yet my skin gets fairer! hooray! but i should be putting on sunscreen more often, to avoid the wrinkles and stuff like that. you know, i am aging too~

#13  snapped the interior of the provincial.

#14 a blonde and brunette kindly took this for us as a returned favor to do the same for them. haha. but i like brunswick. its so old school. and you can see stuff like this "chair" popping out along the street. we look like we shared a pair of wing, don't we?

#15 when asked why i blog, i always answer " for myself and people who cares". although tutorial blogs especially make-ups, fashions, crafts are the popular kids in our blogosphere, i stubbornly stick with my reason to blog. honestly, i don't care if i make money via blogging. its really a place for me to write and share with people who cares. that, is why i blog, to share myself.

with love and compassion,
sylvia

singapore with the other changs

another week passed by. happy holiday to all students!

many friends flying home the day before i touched down at melbourne airport. i was home earlier. while many are still under exam stress, i was back home spending quality time with my family. thanks to my good exam schedule. i did all my papers on the first two week of the exam period. holiday is till 18th of july but i am back to kangaroo-land way earlier as the boyfriend and i had a date with kammy. a ski trip up to falls creek. our annual thing. *will talk about that in the next post*

anyway, i was back in my home country for ten days. a busy, happening and memorable one. papa chang brought us to the newly opened marina bay sands at singapore. sands hotel is better than sentosa's. we even got free passes to visit the sky park. its spectacular.

#1 marina bay sands hotel

#2 with parents at our must go japanese restaurant
the boyfriend says i am very much a kid when i'm with my parents =] its like i never grown up. even though my i.d shows i am a 22 big girl. but its alright. we all like it this way.

#3 first family portrait after 2 years !!

#4 its me and singapore night view at sky park. the top floor of marina bay sands. a must go.

#5 our last picture together was at the peak, hong kong. night view of the city too.

#6 sky park has 2 restaurants, a 150metres swimming area along the way, spa areas and walking paths for passer by to just enjoy the city lights.

#7 second day at singapore. all of us are in this picture. spotted dad at the background getting a mvp for us.

#8 at ion mall food court with my brother, simon

#9 then, we went universal studio ! had heaps of fun there. xx is in her happiest moments :) loves sibling outings!

#10 xx was super excited to see penguin (from madagascar). she actually yelled "hey, its me! i want a photo!" but we're all happy kids.

#11 if you ever visit universal studio, singapore... shrek 4D is a must do. MUST!!

#12 poser! somewhat like this picture of me and sis.

#13 last but not least, thank you the boyfriend for his companion. ily.

i'm so going to plan our family trip to united state of america for christmas. can't wait for the next get together! i love you all!

p.s i read a sentence and would like to share with you :) 父母永遠只得一對，愛遲了，會抱憾. so true. please appreciate and love your parents, and of course your family. they are the only that you're truly related to.

with love and compassion,
sylvia

eye candies from tasmania

Please accept my apology. No daily summary for my trip in Tasmania. I know what I said about doing one but its going to take me forever. Semester break is over, meaning more work-load and we are getting closer to finals. Another 6 weeks to be exact but I am sure its not enough to chunk up all readings for Taxation and International Monetary Economy.

Scratch that.

Showing some pictures from Tasmania.

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With love and compassion,
S.C

searching for the lives

" 8.8 magnitude quake rocks Chile. Lives shattered, destroyed. Triggered a world-wide tsunami alert. " - News.com.au

After 3.5 hours drive, I am home. Newspapers and news websites have been reporting quakes and aftershocks of Chile. Not something Chinese would like it to happen on Chap Goh Meh ( Last day of Chinese New Year). God bless Chileans. God bless all victims.

Spend my weekend in Resort World Sentosa, Singapore. Newly opened. Casino. Gamblers. Win or lose. That's about it. Universal Studio is not welcoming yet.chanel handbags Many shops still not doing business. Only one suitable is Victoria's Secret. Workers are clueless and unhelpful. Management is still in a mess. Give them some times to improve and get settled, Papa told me. Sigh.




With love and compassion,
S.C.

for a few days

good day folks.

kumo-chan went back on wednesday morning. we were exhausted. i don't have a moment to rearrange photos, much less to update my blog. after sending her to the taxi station, kareshi and me went home louis vuitton handbags and fell right on bed, deadly, till late noon. evening, went cafe de coral for some light meal and badminton session with jack and josephine. then late dinner at cafe de coral again, but this time we tried the mini steamboat. nom...

with this post, i am going to put on titles for the missing few days. big and bold.

when dolphins are on-leave... 
on sunday, as planned, three of us went ocean park. arrived with happy and excited heart to see dolphins. my last visit, which is two years ago, i didn't have enough time for them. so, this time we were looking forward. however, park worker told us "please note that dolphins are on leave" at the entrance. wtf. how can dolphins on leave? honestly, many come for them. with a little disappointment, we started our journey visiting the aquarium.

early morning before heading to the bus station, we saw the ice cream car. always wanted to try it. so we bought one melon ice cream cup. sharing is caring. so we share!

on our way to ocean park. tickets. panda is me. sea lion is kumo-chan. dolphin is kareshi.

first stop in the park, we visited mr. and mrs. sea lion.

 

then, aquarium and jellyfish house.

newly opened. panda house! and we took a photo with "him". naughty panda was trying to snatch my fluffy toy. above photos. basically me and panda were fighting for fluffy. but, i like him.

not forget to visit the japanese garden for some photo session. its simple and actually, nothing much. pretty empty. but you have to go somewhere like this, when everywhere is crowded.

the time we enjoyed most is when we are at the souvenir house. and, really, i should have bought the cap in the first place. 

our only picture together. its sunday, all games are in longest line ever. anyway, we managed to play one roller-coaster type of game before leaving. at least, one. 

then, we called it our sunday.

its not another monte carlo

its monday already, so soon. as planned, we went macao.

 

arrived at noon. first stop, fisherman's wharf. its just five minutes walk from the pier.

then, we took local bus to Ruínas da Antiga Catedral de São Paulo also known as 大三巴牌坊. before walking up to the place, we stopped by 順義牛奶公司 for their famous 雙皮燉奶 and 薑汁燉奶. nom... delicious!

 

along the street and arrived at 大三巴牌坊

 

this street is known as love street. the building is traditionally portugal style, but with warm and romantic colour.

leaving the area to our next destination.

here we are at macao tower. 58 floor. where they have the glass floor.

after macao tower, we took taxi to taipa (氹仔). had portuguese tart(葡撻) and bought souvenir at koi kei bakery (鉅記手信). then, we went for some crab congee before walking to venetian hotel.

the exterior design and architecture of venetian hotel.

 

inside venetian hotel. and we called it a day. super exhausted. basically, done with macau.  

macao is definitely not another monte carlo, its more than that. its a place with history. its a place with special architecture. most importantly, its a place with delicious food.

with love and compassion,

sylvia