DY!!!'s Loft

My first day at work

2010-01-18T06:15:00.000-08:00

Today....

1. DY started work at the Boulevard hypermarket.

2. DY was placed in the cold storage department.

3. DY had to declare all of his belongings before exiting and entering the hypermart to make sure that he did not steal anything or brought prohibited items into the hypermart.

4. DY wasn't allowed to bring his cell phone into the building. (Part of the rules & regulations)

5. DY had to wear his black John Masters pants to work as it is part of the dress code and Dy does not own any other black pants.

6. DY got dirt, dust, chicken,cow,lamb,and deer blood on his 200 ringgit John Master's pants.

7. DY must buy a pair of black shoes if he wishes to continue working there as DY does not own any black shoes. (A cheap pair of black shoes costs around rm20+ and DY only makes RM20+/day. So... that is like working for free for one day.)

8. DY made minimum wage today. RM 2.80/hr.

9. DY had to obey orders from Indonesian workers as they are full time workers.

10. DY had to arrange boxes in the freezer at -25C without a jacket.

11. DY had to work beside huge animal parts all day like a cow's body with a hole in it.

12. DY had to live with the constant fear that the Indonesians will lock him up in the freezer.

13. DY had to work in a really wet, dirty, and really really smelly area and DY does not think that he will buy anything from Boulevard for quite some time due to that fact.

14. DY had step on dirty water that smells like fish all day long.

15. DY was given a free lunch but it was crap!

16. DY had to use the stinky worker's toilet and he isn't allowed to use the customer's toilet.

17. DY must sing irritating but funny songs while helping Kilian out.

18. DY must declare all purchased items at the security stations and exit the building through the worker's exit even when those items were purchased while DY is off duty and only visiting the mall as a customer with his friends/family.

19. DY wasn't allowed to sit down from 8.15am- 6.00pm.

20. DY thinks that there is an 80% chance that he is not going back to work tomorrow!

Trip Down Memory Lane (New Stuff In SMK Jalan Arang)

2009-11-14T00:31:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I went back to mua good old high school to
collect my SPM Cert. At first, I thought that my visit
would be short and quick just go in and get the hell
out of there but when I arrived, the staff there told
me that I have to wait for 15 minutes before the rest
of the staff gets back as they were still having their
lunch break. So, I decided to take a walk around
the school and not long after the walk started, the sweet
sweet memories of high school days came rushing back
into my head. So, it was like an emotional trip down
memory lane which made me sob a little I must say.
Sigh....... The good old days......

So, What's new in SMK Jalan Arang?

First of all, the colour of course:

I really must say that Puan Fong's big and thick hair
really sucked the air outta her brain this time while
selecting the colour:

A nice network of shades from the middle gate to the foyer:

The center piece towers over 15 feet tall:

Nice tropical landscaping along the shade:

Improved landscaping:

Try to spot what's new at the main entrance besides the welcome
sign:

The tiled floor of course:

Hmmm... what's new here?

The floor!!! Beautiful!!!:

New shades along the corridor! If you look real hard, you
can actually see Puan Fong in this pic:

new shaded walkway leading to the canteen:

This walkway is known as the Leo Walk:

See that small hut beside the canteen? Any student can
sell food there during recess if he/she wishes to. They
must first get the permission from the pricipal of course.
I know that Eddie would surely sell his mum's Nasi lemak
here if they built it a few years earlier. Damn I miss his
mum's nasi lemak!!! Yum yum!!!

I can't seem to figure out why they installed these mirrors
outside every single toilet. But, the toilets still stink as
much as usual... Could smell it from where I took this pic
yuck!!!:

The good old PIBG Square:

Now.... with fans!!! My cousins told me that the school
actually leave them on the whole day even when the place
is completely deserted:

Some plaques:

The basketball courts look the same:

Science block walkway:

Now with pine like sea side trees!!!:

The science labs lok about the same:

Puan Fong's office:

New sign boards:

I actually miss working here with Bryan, KM, and May:

WTF???? 5 Atom 2007 is now Bilik Bahasa??? NOOOO!!!

I sure as hell didn't get to enjoy this paved
walkway while I was studying there! My shoes
got all dirty and muddy when it rains:

Arh~~~~~~~ The last place I wanted stand while singing
Negaraku:

Parting is such sweet sweet sorrow...... Sigh......... I miss you
guys!!! Sob Sob........ :(

My Car vs 350Z

2009-11-14T00:08:00.000-08:00

Hmmm.... I think my car looks better... yeah!!! That's right!

Winner: My Car LOL XD

Crazy Indonesian terrorists gonna attack and capture Kuching and eventually the whole Malaysia on the 8th of October!!!

2009-10-04T07:32:00.000-07:00

First of all, I would like to say that this is no joke!!!
if you don't believe me, you can go read The Star
by yourself. You can find the article on page F 20
of the October 4th (Sunday) edition of the paper
which is under the focus section.

Sooo, If you did not read the papers, you can check
out my summary of the article:

Meet Adian. The leader of the Bendera terrorist
group:

The Indonesian terrorist group called Bendera lead by
Adian vowed to crush Malaysia. Why? Because....
According to them, malaysians have exhausted the
patience of the people of Indonesia.

The list included claiming Indonesian islands (Sipadan,
Ligitan and Jemur); stealing Indonesian cultural heritage
(food like rendang, songs like rasa sayang sayange, injit
injit semut, Burung kakak tua, and Anak kambing saya,
and the pendet dance)

But, the main reason is abusing Indonesian workers.
Adian named 34 people including Nirmala Bonat who
was abused with a hot iron, hot water, and a metal
cup by her employer in 2004.

Adian even said this: If all 26 million Malaysians keep
keep silent about other Malaysians
abusing Indonesians, they are all jahat.

Now... why do I think that Adian's plan is crazy and that
it will never work??? Well, read his attack plan:

Adian: Six weeks ago, 10 Bendera spies slipped into Malaysia
to build a network among Indonesian workers. These
Indonesian James bonds managed to convince 1.45
million Indonesian Maids, Construstion, and plantation
workers to burn their workplace when Bendera launches
its confrontation on Malaysia.

The problem here is that it will cost Bendera Rm 145,000 just
to sms 1.45 million Indonesian Workers assuming the spies have
all their phone numbers and an sms costs 10 cents. When asked
on this flaw, Adian flashed his crooked teeth and said we've got
our ways to communicate.

The funny, ridiculous, and somewhat interesting part of the
attack plan:

On Oct 8, Adian Claimed, about 300 Indonesians trained
in "ilmu Kebal" (black magic) which makes them invincible
to sharp objects and bullets would invade Malaysia by
attacking Malaysian towns in the island of Borneo where
Indonesia's Kalimantan and Malaysia's Sabah And Sarawak
are located.

From Pontianak (in Kalimantan) we will cross to Kuching
in Sarawak and capture it. And then we will move on the
next town. In six to eight months, Bendera would conquer
Kuala Lumpur! said Adian.

Bendera's vigilantes armed with sharpened bamboo sticks
blocking a road to search for Malaysians in Jakarta:

Oh come on!!! conquering Malaysia
with people armed with black magic which makes them
invincible to bullets and sharp objects??? Give me break!
Your nuts!!! Your so called army is gonna engage in a
suicide mission! That is... if you're actually serious
about invading Malaysia.

If your army posses the power to shield themselves from
bullets, why didn't the people of Indonesia use it to
defend themselves from the Dutch invasion in 1602?

In conclusion, I think that there is a 99% chance that
the Bendera Vigilantes won't even attack at all!!!

Please leave me your comments and tell me your thoughts
on this matter. Thanks!!!

MBO Cineplex - The Spring, Kuching

2009-09-13T02:03:00.000-07:00

MBO is the first cineplex to open it's
doors in Kuching in more than 10 years!!!
MBO is no ordinary cineplex because it's
really big and famous in west Malaysia!
So, Gary and I blasted off to spring last
Saturday to check the brand new cineplex
out as we could barely contain our excitement!

MBO now open!!!:

Main entrance:

Huge MBO logo right next to the entrance:

Ticket counter:

Now.... what movie did we watch??? We watched Gamer
ofcourse because.... according to this Borneo post add,
Gamer is in digital 3D!!!!:

But, when I asked the ticket clerk whether if Gamer is really
in 3D, I sure was disappointed to hear a big fat "NO!"
Right after I was done asking the question, that guy in
white shirt (with the kid) said: May I please talk to your
manager?.... Then when the manager arrived, that guy
said: Why isn't Gamer in 3d??? I brought my family here
to experience your 3d movies! Why did the Borneo Post say
that it's in 3d if it isn't??? The manager said: Sorry sir,
it was a printing error! We will not screen any 3d movies
for atleast another 2 weeks. Then the guy went: then I
demand a written apology on the newspaper then!
Manager: okok! The manager is the one with the censored
eyes btw:

Confection stand:

Main hallway:

Portrait of Marilyn Monroe outside
the ladies restroom:

And Charlie Chaplin outside the guy's:

The bad thing about MBO is that you have to wait outside
this here gate before you could enter the lobby which
leads you to the cineplex halls. They will actually collect
your tickets here instead of the hall entrances like star.
What's so bad about it? As you can see, the gate is real
small and everyone must queue up infront of it in order
to get in which causes a huge traffic jam. As you can see,
there are 8 halls and they won't let you enter the gate
unless your hall number is flashing:

After you enter the gate, you have to climb this here fancy
staircase:

Check the chandeliers out:

Lobby outside the halls:

Another section of the lobby with GC at the right:

Yes! We watched Gamer!!!:

Gamer was quite a good movie but this is the
best scene in the movie!!! Now, everyone knows
that the tv series Heroes is going downhill but
it's like Milo Ventimiglia (Peter Petrelli) is unaware
of that fact and he actually agreed to to play
Rick Rape in the movie Gamer. Rick Rape is
actually a Moonraker, silver grill, with a latex outfit
making him look like a bumblebee. but I think that
he is just some sex maniac/psycho!!! I have no doubt
that this scene is gonna ruin his(Milo's) carrier and
pull Heroes down with it.
This here video clip is a must watch for WJJ and all
Heroes fans out there!!!:

In the middle of a fight scene, the frame rate started to
slow down and you could see the edges of the film with
the holes on both ends. at that point, everyone in the
hall thought that it was part of the movie, like a special
effect... until, the projector started to make a strange sound
and... all of a sudden, the screen turned black:

Everyone started laughing after the screen turned black
because everyone thought that it was part of the movie
until the screen turned black that is. The ushers came in
and checked the problem out:

The projectionist trying to solve the problem:

So... everyone went out of the hall and the same manager
came and said: sorry! we're still new... there was a
production error. Then, that guy at the far left demanded
a refund from the manager(the one with the censored eyes)
The manager said: you guys have 2 options here.
Option 1: for those of you who wish to continue the movie,
you may proceed to the premiere class hall(1st class hall)
and continue the movie. Yes! they upgraded us due to the
technical error. Option 2: you may proceed to the ticket
counter and exchange your ticket for a ticket to another
movie for free!:

People leaving hall 5 for the premiere class hall:

what's so special about premiere class? You get to sit
in these huge comfy reclining chairs with extra large cup
holders:

So, we took option 1 but, the movie didn't start from the
point it stopped and it was like we missed about 15-30mins
of footage. The bad thing was.... The movie ended like
less than 10 mins after we entered the premiere hall.
Gary and I were not happy about that! So, we went down
to the ticket counter and got our tickets exchanged for
tickets to watch District 9!!! So, we ended up taking
both options in the end!!!

We had lot's of time to kill before District 9 starts. So,
we had dinner and did some window shopping.
Spring's second floor sure looks good:

K Box coming soon!!! woohoo!!!!!

Remember what I told you about traffic jams outside
the gate? Here's what it looked like:

District 9 was a comedy alright!!! They called the aliens
prawns!!! cause they look like prawns!!! lol!!! Btw,
District 9 is really good and I really recommend it!!!

By the time District 9 ended, the mall was closed
and I've never seen the mall sooo empty
and quiet before:

Hey!!! We were lucky alright!!! We watched 2
movies for the price of 1 and got upgraded for
free!!! The tickets for new movies like Gamer
cost RM11 Btw!

Fish Spa At 175°

2009-09-08T07:41:00.000-07:00

Before I get into my new entry, I would like to share 1
last fast fact about Australia:

Australia has 7,686,850 km square of land which makes it the 6th
largest country in the world but it is populated by only 21,885,016
people while Malaysia has a population of 28,310,000 but
it only has329,845 km square of land (66th largest country in the world)

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Most locals aren't even aware that you can actually enjoy
a good old fish spa in Kuching!!! When you talk about
fish spas or any type of spa, one would expect to obtain
such a service in a spa centre or a health club but the
175° Cafe in China Town, Kuching actually offers the
service for FREE!!!

175° Cafe:

All you have to do is order some food or a simple
drink and you can enjoy the fish spa for as long as you
wish!!! The front part of the cafe looks like any ordinary
cafe:

But..... the back part of the cafe is truly extraordinary:

Nice waterfall:

About 50 skin eating fishies call this place home:

Just dip your feet into the water.....

and... the hungry fishies would rush towards your feet
and nibble off all the dead skin:

It was quite ticklish at first but you will soon get used to
it. It was actually quite relaxing when your used to it:

Fish spa vid clip:

There was something about Andy's feet alright:

Whenever he dips his feet into the water, a whole swarm
of fish would rush towards his feet almost instantaneously.
It's like his feet are fish magnets!!! Sometimes, we have
to ask him to leave as almost all the fish would leave
other people's feet for his! Maybe his feet were the
smelliest XD:

fishies attacking Andy's feet:

Me enjoying the spa:

KM and I:

Andy and Eng:

Eng and Joyce:

Time for me hands to get eaten:

Group photo:

Dinner at Fork And Knife

Hmmmm.... what was Andy looking at???

Perth: day 8 And 9 (Finale)

2009-08-20T00:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my final entry of my Perth Vacation
Series. And... YES! The long awaited and much
anticipated finale has arrived!!! What is so special
about this particular entry??? you might ask.
Well, this entry is ultra special because you get to see
the long awaited and much anticipated pictures of
this guy:

And... Oh! the guy in the pic above is Bryan Hon just
in case you didn't recognise him due to all that growing
his face and hair did while he is away.

As the sun rose over Perth on day 8, I jumped up from
bed even before my parents woke up because of the
adrenalin running though my veins due to the fact that
I've been waiting for this day ever since Bryan Left!
At this time, only 1 thing was present in my mind and
that was: "Yes! Yes! I am finally gonna meet Hon!"

After much planning and arrangements with Bryan
through my hp's roaming line (totaling up to RM70+),
we finally agreed on the place and time we would meet.
And... that place was the Garden City Mall which is
just a stone's throw away from my relative's house
where I stayed.

So, my parents drove me to the mall and I waited for
Hon at one of the Mall's entrances and all of a sudden,
"Darren!" Hon shouted.
I turned my head towards the voice and I saw a tall
handsome guy emerge from the thick fog
(kidding about the fog. It was bright and sunny)
Anyway, I was a little surprise when I first saw him
because he looked thinner and much more "Ang Tao"
than I remembered. Plus, his new hairstyle was just
awesome and instead of having an OZ accent, he
had quite a good American accent instead!

So, after some greetings and compliments, we headed
to the bus stop to catch a bus to the city.

Oz buses are like way better than the 60's era buses in
Kuching. Look how nice the buses are:

On our way to the city, We saw a large crowd of people
singing songs in a park:

Bryan and I in the bus:

After the bus ride to the city, we walked under the hot Oz
sun to this here open air mall called "Harbour Town"
to do some shopping:

And... It was hot! We spent ermmm about 20 mins
under the sun to get here and I remember seeing Bryan
pulling up his long sleeves.

Since that Bryan was hungry, we ate lunch at subway first.

My burger/whatever you call it:

Bryan's:

The strange thing about Perth and Oz is that all of the
major malls and shops are closed on sundays
while back in Kuching, Sunday is the busiest day of the
week in the shopping industry because people don't go
to work on sundays. But in Perth, you have to pay
the workers double if you wan't them to work on sundays.
So, Harbour town is always very packed on sundays as
it is one of the places that remain open on sundays.

Harbour town:

Packed with people:

After shopping at Harbour Town, we went to Northbridge.
Northbridge is Perth's Entertainment district as it is packed
with night clubs, Bars, and STRIP CLUBS. There were
these huge posters all over the district that reads: "Don't
let Hep C get under your skin" to discourage people from
going to strip clubs and prostitution clubs:

One of the strip clubs in the district that openly advertises
it's girls:

Horseshoe bridge next to Northbridge:

After visiting Northbridge, we went to the Hay and Murray
Street Pedestrian Mall. It is something like Kenyalan
with all the shops facing a pedestrian walkway but only
much bigger and better and newer. Upside down statue
at Hay Street:

Entrance to the medieval section of the mall:

Medieval style buildings inside:

As you can see, the Hay and Murray st mall is also one
of the few malls that stay open on Sundays. So, yeah it's
pretty packed:

Nice autumn coloured trees at the background:

There were like lot's of street performances on the walkways.
There were even people who painted their whole body
with metalic paint and act like statues just like in the movies:

Street scene:

That might look like an ice cream to you but Bryan said it's
not. I can't rember what you call it but it was good though.
At one point, A bastard tried to lick my ice cream but
I was pretty sure that his tongue did not touch it though
lol:

We took the subway to Bryan's House:

Swan river:

If you think that this pic of me in the subway looks stupid:

You should look at this cause I thought that my cam
was on photo mode but it was actually on video mode:

Bryan and I:

Hon's mum and I:

Hon's living room:

Yes! That's Bryan's house behind us alright:

Hon's house again:

After taking some pics, I watched Hon play some Star
Craft and I played some myself and we "kaciao" Gary
for a while. After that, Bryan's parents sent me home.

Now... what did my mum do while I was out shopping with
Hon? She took pics with flowers:

Those are blueberries behind her:

Since that it was my last night in Perth, my relatives
decided to throw us a farewell party. That's my uncle
Tom grilling something:

pool side bbq:

Since that I was having so much fun with Hon, I arrived
a little late but only the kids started eating:

Buzy kitchen scene:

Tons of different flavored jelly beans in that white box:

My parents:

Living room:

Piano:

My relative's kids sure love putting toys together:

Pool and I:

Dinner time:

We had steak, lasagna, some cheese with bread or
something, and sausages for the main corse:

And... Tiramisu with rum for dessert! Yum! Yum!

Here's how a Western Australian car license plate look
like (with the last 3 digits censored):

Group photo 1:

Group photo 2:

After that it was time to head to the airport and say
bye bye to Perth. We took the 12.40am flight to KL.

Blurry pics of Perth at night from the plane:

Since that the still pics were so blur, I took this video
clip:

As we flew into the darkness of the night, the sky looked
soo beautiful when the moonlight hit the black sky and
white clouds. The black sky looked like some gleeming
precious black stone or something but I was too tired to
take any pics of it.

When we arrived at KLIA, we had to fill up forms to
declare our health status to prevent the spread of H1N1
and there were like huge medic teams on stand-by with masks
on just incase. And, I was too tired to take pics of that too.

My first time in the KL lcct terminal:

How cheap can this place get??? The walls are made of
zinc for crying out loud!:

Well.... I sure had tons of fun in Perth. I regret the
fact that I didn't buy anything home from perth. So,
it's like I have nothing solid to hold on to but I sure did
bring home some awesome memories that will last
a lifetime.....

................................The End..................................

Presidents are cheeky too!!!

2009-07-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

(Click pic to enlarge pic)

The picture above shows President Barack Obama (center)
and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) starring at
Brazil's Mayora Tavares's ass at the G8 Summit.
The picture is real But the dialog was added by me ofcourse.

Perth Day 6 And 7

2009-07-06T07:52:00.000-07:00

Day 6:

As for day 6, I paid the Margaret river region a visit.
Most if not all the travel catalogs advertised this full day
tour package by using a big "Margaret River" heading
and at first I thought that Margaret River was a huge
and beautiful river but don't be fooled as Margaret River
is
no wider than a monsoon drain in Kuching. Plus, I did
not even get a chance to take a picture of Margaret river
as it takes the coach less than a few seconds to zoom
across the bridge which connects the two sides of the
river.

Fast Facts: Total distance traveled on Day 6: 850 kms

The stops I made on this trip:

When I woke up on day 6, I felt that something was not
right!!! It was bloody cold!!!

I remember taking this very cold journey to the city like
it was yesterday:

On the highway leading into the city:

When I was waiting out in the open for the coach to arrive,
I actually put my jacket on for the first and last time in
Perth as it was really chilly. It was 7 C that morning.

So, as we headed south, The scenery was a lot greener
as the southern regions receive more rains:

Lot's of green pine trees at the background:

Fast Facts: Perth has an average annual rainfall of
800+ mm
while kuching has an average annual rainfall of
4,200 mm.

We stopped at a bakery which was in the middle of
nowhere for morning tea. I was eating a black chocolate
muffin by the way. And yeah, It was warm enough to
take my jacket off by then:

Just outside the Margaret river region, We stumbled
upon a thick cloud of haze as the farmers were burning
their fields to make them fertile like Indonesia. I won't
be surprise if those cows on the field get lung diseases:

The haze eventually cleared as we approached the
Margaret river wine region:

The Margaret river region is famous for it's fine wines
due to the perfect soil and climate conditions. Check
out the vineyards:

Endless vineyards:

Beautiful garden outside the Xanadu Winery:

Xanadu's vineyards:

Inside the winery:

A beautiful open field just outside the winery:

Me tasting some wine in the winery:

After visiting the winery, We headed to the Eagles
heritage raptor centre for lunch.

To answer Gary's question, here is a picture of the food
I ate for lunch. If you wanna enjoy the buffet picnic lunch,
all you have to do is to pay an extra 16 AUD and you can
eat as much as you can. the food is actually loaded onto
the baggage compartment of the coach and when it's
time for lunch, the tour guide will unload the lunch from
coach onto wherever we're eating. The reason why the
coach brings along the food is there aren't restaurants
to buy food at most of the places we stop for lunch. The
food is actually pretty good but it is always cold by the
time we had lunch. the buffet includes roasted chicken,
hard boil eggs, potato salad, lot's of ham, salami, meat
balls and some other stuff that I don't remember. The
real problem is... you have to eat almost the same food
everyday, they might only change one item from the
menu each day, i wonder how the guide deals with the
same food everyday (Picture from catalog):

If you do not like the picnic lunch, you can always upgrade
to the lobster lunch but you have to pay an extra 31 AUD
instead of 16 AUD:

So, after lunch, we had a guided tour of the Eagles
Heritage Raptor centre. This centre only keeps injured
birds which were rescued

They tried to release this particular eagle back into the
wild but since that these birds can fly at high speeds,
this eagle managed to follow the car back to the centre
and when the people who released the eagle arrived back
at the centre, the eagle was waiting for them on it's cage:

An owl (darn fence):

Some nice birds:

Birds 101:

after teaching us a few things about that relatively small
bird from the pic above, she finally called out the big
eagles and gave us an "eagle free flight" display.
what she did was toast some food into the air and eagles
would just dive/zoom down and eat the food during
mid flight (while still flying in the air). Those eagles were
so fast that i wasn't able to get any still pictures of them so
here is a clip of their free flight display:

After the display, we hit the outback again:

We headed to the Mammoth Cave which is located in
dense forests. It looks pretty much like Malaysia:

Entrance:

Mammoth cave entrance:

A few steps into the cave:

You will get an image like this if you use a normal cam:

But with my night vision cam, you get incredibly bright
images like this one:

And this one:

This one too:

But... the down side is... you need a tripod stand to take
sharp images. since that i don't have one, I have to try
to hold my hand as still as possible or it will result in a
blur pic:

Just beautiful:

Awesome:

They sure look like fancy chandeliers don't they:

Some lime stone formations behind me:

After visiting the cave, we made a brief stop to take a few
snap shots of these amazing gigantic trees:

So, after a few hours ride, the Indian Ocean was finally
insight:

That's the Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse:

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse:

Let me tell you something, Cape Leeuwin was the most
beautiful and breathtaking place I've visited throughout
my entire trip. It looks a little like New Zealand you
Know? :

Beautiful scenery behind my dad:

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse:

The lighthouse and I:

Breathtaking blue blue water:

Awesome eeeh?

Waves:

Waves crashing onto the rocks:

Can you find my dad?

Vid clip of Cape Leeuwin:

Fast facts: The Indian and Southen Oceans meet at
Cape Leeuwin.

Fast Facts: Cape Leeuwin is most south western point of
mainland australia:

Me:

Amazing view behind me:

The south pole is just 5,435 kms away from here:

My dad and the lighthouse behind him:

Breathtaking scenery:

Crashing waves behind me:

just awesome:

me again:

The 3 houses on the left were the quarters of the men
who took care of/operated the lighthouse back in the old
days. The last man who lived in those houses did so untill
the late 80's:

Sun's reflection on the ocean:

Sunset:

Outback:

After visiting the lighthouse, we arrived at the Busselton
Jetty:

Vid Clip of Busselton Jetty:

Blur pics of the jetty behind me:

Beautiful sunset behind the jetty:

Me:

Me on the jetty,
I did not walk till the end of the jetty if that's what your
asking cause it was late and I had to rush back to the
restaurant for dinner:

Beautiful sunset behind me:

That's the restaurant behind me (building with lights):

How the jetty looks like during the day:

Fast facts: The Busselton Jetty is the longest jetty
in the southern hemisphere.

As I wonder, why didn't they make the jetty straight?
(Pic from Flickr):

Now that's my dinner!!!! Perth's famous Fish And chips:

I enjoyed this wonderful sunset while I was enjoying my
meal:

Day 7:
It was a beautiful day... Lot's and lot's of blue skies...
so... my mum decided to take a walk around the
neighbourhood. Western neighbourhoods sure are
different from eastern ones eeh? Without the fences and
all.

My uncle decided to take us to Bunnings which is
basically a gigantic hardware store:

It's like a hardware store the size of a hypermarket
It is afterall a warehouse:

It's like... you can find everything related to home,
home improvement, building material, tools, machineries
etc here:

We headed to Fremantle later on.

Vid clip of a street in Fremantle:

The Fremantle Market:

Me walking in the fruit section. The Fremantle market
was kinda big but I only took 2 pics of the interior of the
market. Why??? Because at that point, I've got tired of
taking pics. Look how grumpy my face was. I didn't
take any pics of the market's clothes, souvenir, nick nacks,
and cafe sections. There was even a band performing
at the cafe section. Why all Why didn't I take a pic of
that???????

We finally went for lunch at this here restaurant and guess
what are they famous for???

Fish and chips ofcourse!!!!

Fast facts: perth is world famous for it's fish and chips
and it's chili mussels but I did not know about
the mussels before Rachelle told me about it
like a few weeks after I came home. So, I did not
try the muscles out.

We had this great view of the Swan River at the restaurant:

Us eating F&C:

Actually, there was a marina right beside the restaurant:

This restaurant (right next door) is also famous for it's
F&C and had a larger
amount of custormers but we did not eat there cause
we did not wanna wait for like hrs for F&C:

As soon as someone leaves, the sea galls will surely come
to eat what's left:

That's the uncle (yellow shirt) who brought us there
and to the sightseeing centre every morning:

Blur pic of me:

Classical car on the road:

some boats:

The Marina:

there were like tons of cockatoos playing at this here
railway track just opposite the restaurant:

After lunch, we went to Westfield carousel which is the
largest shopping mall in perth to do some shopping:

Inside the mall:

There is an Imax cinema inside but I did not have the
time to catch a flick:

Some of the many departmental stalls in the mall:

As we were heading home, we saw this huge truck
transporting tons of sheep:

The sheep inside the truck:

We went to this chinese restaurant for dinner and their
business was awesome!!! As you can see from the pic,
the custormers have to wait outside in the cold if there
arn't any available tables and it was pretty chilly that night
but i was still wearing my short sleeve shirt but I
overheard that that gal in the leather jacket has been
living in Perth for 2 years already and she was shivering
even with that jacket on:

Tune in next time for a very very special edition of my
Perth Vacation series as it is not only the grand finale but
a very very special Gust star might just make an appearance
in my next entry!!!!!

..............................To Be Continued..............................

Perth: Day 5

2009-06-22T06:43:00.000-07:00

Before I say anything about day 5, I would like to say this:
On day 4, as we were heading back from Wave Rock, the
road cutting through the outback was pitch black and all
of a sudden, a kangaroo jumped out of nowhere and
placed himself directly in front of the coach I was in.
Luckily, the driver was able to stop the coach in time and
the kangaroo's life was spared. But, the driver made a
hard stop which made some passengers scream and it
woke everyone up who was asleep too. No one was
injured though.

As I mentioned in my previous entries, I would usually
get up at 6am to catch the tour but day 5 was my day
off and I slept till 10am. Since that it's autumn, the sky
was still dark at 6 so there wasn't anything good to
see at 6 but when I opened my eyes on day 5, this
perfectly blue and cloudless sky just shouted out
"good morning" to me through the window. I
remembered saying to
myself, "wow, what a beautiful day"
The view from my bedroom:

My Kupoh's house (where I live in Perth):

My kupoh, mum, and I (the sun was really bright) :

My Kupoh and my mum:

My mum in front of my kupoh's house:

Since that the sky is always so blue over there, it hardly
ever rains at all so you must really take care of you lawn
or it will end up like my kupoh's:

Just look at that blue blue sky:

My kupoh's backyard where there used to be a beautiful
swimming pool.

My kupoh's family room:

dining room:

Kitchen:

Living room:

Green house in the middle of the house (not in the garden):

My bedroom:

Michael Jordan poster on my parent's bedroom door:

Die Hard and Michael Jordan posters inside my parent's
room (they belong to my kupoh's son who moved out
recently):

So after taking a few pics, we went to garden city mall
to do some shopping:

Heavenly food in a bakery:

Market place:

In Kuching, there is usually only one supermarket and
one departmental store in a mall but in Australia,
there are usually 2 or more supermarkets and two or
more departmental stores all under one roof/mall.

Coles supermarket:

Inside Coles:

Woolworths supermarket:

Inside Woolworths:

Kmart:

EB Games:

After some shopping, we went to Lee Palace for a
magnificent buffet lunch for only 10 AUD!!! The food
was wonderful and the variety was great!!! After
having lunch, we went back to Garden City Mall again
to do more shopping:

I used Vodafone AU in AUS:

After doing some shopping, we went to my Kupoh's
daughter's house:

They had a trampoline which I had so much fun jumping
up and down:

They had a nice pool in their backyard:

My Kupoh's daughter's husband is an Irish by the way
which is just awesome!

After jumping on that trampoline like a monkey, I tried
some coke zero out. It's basically just sugar free coke
and it did not taste very nice by the way:

.............................To Be Continued............................

Perth: Day 4

2009-06-12T07:45:00.000-07:00

I visited Wave Rock on the fourth day of my vacation.

My mum did not join me and my dad for this trip due
to the long distance

Fast Facts: Wave Rock is located 360 kms east of Perth
Total distance traveled on day 4: 800 kms

As you can see on the map below, my first stop was York,
second stop was the town of Hyden, then Wave Rock and
onto Babakin:

The town of York basically looks like a cowboy town with
all the cowboy era buildings:

Post office:

Court House:

Motor Museum:

Inside the museum (I only took one shot cause I had to
pay if I entered the rest of the museum/back of that wall):

The town's main street:

Don't let the bright sunny day with blue skies fool you,
it was chilly alright (about 15c):

Get gas here:

Town hall:

Emu Farm:

Emu Oil is good for your skin:

After visiting York, he hit the outback again and let me
tell you, Indonesia and Malaysian arn't the only countries
that conduct open burning to make the ground fertile.
Aussies do it too you know? Look how black the ground
is after burning it:

Vast open outback:

starring into nothingness again:

Video clip of the outback:

Back in the 70's, a farmer had a very good and loyal
sheepdog called Strike and when it died, the farmer
wanted to bury his precious dog in a human cemetery
but the council did not allow him to do so. So, he converted
a small part of his farm into the first ever dog cemetery
in Australia:

The cemetery is basically located in the middle of nowhere:

Doggy graves:

Salt defective land (anything that tries to grow there will
die):

Cool looking building in the middle of nowhere:

Hippo's yawn:

Hippo's yawn is basically a rock formation shaped like
a hippopotamus yawning:

Back in aboriginal times, every pregnant woman would
come here to give birth due to some spiritual reason:

Inside the hippo's mouth:

This rock formation right next to the hippo is shaped like
an elephant:

A beautiful pond filled with black swans right next to the
place we stopped for lunch:

Black swan:

Wild cockatoos on a tree:

Another emu:

Finally we arrived at wave rock:

Wave rock is basically a gigantic wave shaped rock/hill:

me posing in front of wave rock:

Look how tiny I am compared to the gigantic rock

The view from on top wave rock was just amazing:

view from on top wave rock:

Amazing scenery behind me:

Breath taking view from on top wave rock:

Looking down on wave rock:

Video clip of the view on top wave rock:

That's my dad standing up there:

After visiting wave rock, we went to Mulka's cave by using
this here dirt road:

Mulka's story: During aboriginal times, the aboriginals
got married through arranged marriages
and weren't allowed to freely choose who
they wanted marry but one couple who
were so deeply in love with each other
decided not to obey their tradition and
got married despite not being arranged
to do so. They had a son called Mulka who
was born cross eyed. Mulka was banished
from the tribe because the aboriginals
believed that anyone who was borned
cross eyed is evil. So, Mulka found a cave
which is now known as Mulka's cave
and settled down. Unfortunately, Mulka
decided to become a cannibal and would
sneak into villages at night to kidnap
children which we would later eat. Mulka
was eventually hunted down and killed.
Till this day, the aboriginals dare not
come near this cave because they believe
that the cave is evil and those who visit it
would become evil as well. So, I suppose
that I am evil now muahahahahahaha!!!

My dad standing in front of Mulka's cave:

Inside Mulka's cave:

Mu guide Stuart told us the story of Mulka a.k.a Mulka
the terrible while he sat on that rock:

Ancient aboriginal paintings which are way older than
Mulka could be found in the cave :

Mulka probably slept here:

After visiting Mulka's cave, we hit the outback again
and entered the region of the outback where countless
wheat farms are located:

Just beautiful:

Some sheep grazing:

Sunset over the outback:

As we were about to enter the town of Babakin,
the tour guide said this: Welcome to the
GREAT METROPOLIS of Babakin, Population: 6 people.
The town consists of a town hall which is as big as a big
bedroom, a small cafe (infront of the coach), a rest house,
a primary school and 3 houses. The primary school has
11 students as it caters to neighboring settlements
as well:

We drove into the sunset and headed back to Perth:

Our in-coach movie was Mr Bean. Hey, they had to let
us watch something for the 4 hour ride home:

...........................To Be Continued...............................

Perth: Day 3

2009-06-04T04:47:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Day 3 of my Perth vacation. As usual, I woke
up at 6 in the morning and headed down to the Perth
sightseeing centre and waited for the coach to arrive and
while I was waiting, my dad took this nice picture of me
with the Bank West and St George buildings behind me:

My mum posing with this nice church near the coach
pick up point:

As you can see, It was another beautiful day filled with
abundant sunshine and perfectly blue skies (there were
some clouds later on but the amazing thing was that you
could actually count the number of clouds in the sky.
There were usually like only 2 or 3 clouds in the sky!!!):

Fast Facts: The state of Western Australia has
2,529,875 km² of land but it only has 2,163,200 people
living in it while the State of Sarawak has 2,500,000 people
living in it but it only has 124,450 km² of land.

Fast Facts: Total distance traveled in Day 3 = 600kms

As you can see from the map I cropped from the catalog,
my first stop was Caversham Wildlife Park(Again!!!).
After that, the Pinnacles Desert was my second stop and
last stop for the day was Lancelin before heading back to
Perth:

Unfortunately, the Caversham Wildlife park was on the
itinerary so we had to visit it again but we didn't join the
guided tour in the park like the other day though but I
did get a picture with the full sign this time but my body
was blocking the kangaroo...sigh...:

I spotted this nice bird in the park which is a wild bird
by the way. the funny thing about birds there is that they
are not really afraid of you and they will just walk away
from you slowly if you chase them which is unlike the
birds in Kuching because they fly off as soon as you get
close to them:

These animals really do look like giant rats but they are
not. Check out how green the grass is:

So, after visiting the park again, we finally hit the great
Australian Outback. The outback looks a little like a desert
due to the lack of rain and the countless farms which
dominates this part of the outback:

Some cows and sheep grazing:

This part of the outback is also kind of like a grass land
but the grass is so short and it will never grow long. As
you can see, there are only a few trees on the outback:

This lorry was carrying 4 full size containers but i was
only able to get one container into the shot:

Throughout the entire 600kms on the outback, this is pretty
much all you get to see, just endless wide open farm land
with really short and brown grass:

There is a show on the Discovery channel about moving
houses and buildings on huge trucks. I wonder if they were
filming the Australian version of that show when I spotted
about 10 really huge trucks moving parts of a house/building:

There were trucks moving boats too:

Here are a couple of video clips of the vast open outback:
Nothing but vast open fields:

Before reaching the beach, we passed by a wind farm filled
fill lot's and lot's of wind turbines used for generating
electricity:

We spent more than 4 hours on the road before reaching
the beach you know? And all we got to see were vast open
farms like in the videos above it's a little like starring into
a whole bunch of nothingness but it was beautiful:

The landscape was far greener around the beach:

Finally, we arrived at the beach but I don't know the name
of this beach but I do know that it's the Indian Ocean out
there:

White sand:

Me:

Check out how blue the water of the Indian Ocean Is:

Family Photo:

After lunch, we finally reached the main destination of
the day which is The Pinnacles Desert:

Oh, by the way, did I mention that it was damn hot in
the desert? I was like walking in the desert around
noon with the sun directly over me. Wow!!! it was so
hot that I got a headache and almost puked. According
to the thermometer, it was only 26C but the sun sure
has it's way. The funny thing was that the rocks were
actually cool if u touch them:

Lot's and lot's of finger like rocks:

As you may notice by now, the desert is dominated by
finger shaped rocks like the one I'm touching. According
to the aboriginals, they did not like the this particular
desert because they believe that you will be eaten by
the desert if you travel alone and those finger like rock
formations are the fingers of those who were swollen by
the desert trying to escape or dig themselves out of the
desert:

Nice finger shaped rocks:

More finger shaped rocks:

A whole bunch of finger shaped rocks behind me:

After visiting the pinnacles desert, we headed to Lancelin.
As you can see, Lancelin is like the Sahara desert as there
are tons of sand dunes and the entire area is covered with
sand ofcourse:

Gigantic sand dune behind me:

Sand boarding is a popular sport here and as you can see,
I've got me board right here but I did not take it for
a spin though. Why??? Because a Japanese gal
who was from the same tour group as me almost broke
her neck when she fell off her board. She fell head over
heels down the sand dune. After seeing that, there was
no way I'm gonna let a broken neck spoil my vacation.
So, I did not sand board :

The goal of sand boarding is to slide all the way down
from that tall sand dune on your board and make it down
in one piece:

I did not sand board but I did climb that gigantic sand
dune that everyone was sliding down from though and what
a surprise I've got!!! The view from up there was magnificent:

The sun set from up there was magnificent too:

looks like the Sahara desert doesn' it?:

Gigantic sand dunes behind me:

Picture of other people sand boarding:

Video clip of someone sand boarding:

The sun setting behind the sand dunes:

After climbing the sand dune, we went on this here 4wd
vehicle for our sand dune ride:

As you can see from this picture I cropped from my
catalog, The 4wd ride was all about driving up and down
gigantic sand dunes:

During the ride:

We stopped on top of a tall sand dune to admire the sun
as it sets over the Indian Ocean (This pic isn't very clear
because I took it from inside the 4wd):

As I made my way out of the 4wd, The sun went from
being like the picture above to like the picture below in
5 seconds!!! it just literally dropped below the horizon
before my very eyes like in a split second!!!:

More sand dunes:

Pic taken right before we descended a sand dune:

Video clip of the 4wd ride( as were descending a sand dune):

So, after the 4wd ride, we headed back to Perth and that
concludes day 3. Perth skyline at night. See you next time!!!

............................To be Continued..........................