Australia...

SO i was down under from 12-16 dec for the annual family holiday. i must be frank from the out; i was not keen on this trip for a variety of reasons which i have no intention of uttering. anyway, we were to go to melbourne and sydney. the only thing i remember doing in melbourne is driving on the Great Ocean Road to go see the 12 Apostles. it was a whole day kinda thing. of course the views from on the great ocean road were simply breathtaking and transcendent of this earth at times. seeing the 12 apostles was a little surreal for me, i didnt think i'd see them so soon. anyway, i think the 12 apostles have ever since been whittled down to 10 or 11. i cant rmbr. inconsequential. haha. and i went on a shopping spree at the direct factory outlets. wheee!

Ok sry. moving on to sydney. i loved sydney much more. btw, to get to sydney from melbourne we took a train ride. 12 fricking hours. "oh it'll be fun, you know, take the scenic route" yeah sure. 12 hours that drove me insane. god i'd never been so glad to step out of a freaking train. thank god we went first class. so i got to sydney on friday night, and over there, friday and saturday nights are apparently party nights for the denizens of sydney. and my hotel was in a very...interesting shall we say, district. lets just say that the moment i walked out of the hotel to explore my environs, all i saw was wild revelry and pomp. thats a very nice way of putting it. it was scary at first, and a bit overwhelming for this conservative, Asian-born boy (those of you coughing and choking, shut up =p) . after that, it was just a matter of getting used to. sydney was much more fascinating. more urban. guess thats what i am. an urban boy. anyway. we went to paddington's markets, which sells all sorts of stuff, and its only open on saturdays in this sch compound, so that was cool. then went to go check out the sydney harbour bridge, one of their national icons. did the bridgeclimb, where u actly walk on the arch of the bridge. FREAKING cool. i absolutely recommend it to everyone. then of course did the touristy thing at the opera house. went for a day trip to the blue mountains. the landscape there was simply otherworldly. i was just gawking at the scenery sometimes. and i got to sit on the edge of a sheer drop with my legs dangling over the precipice. BEST! haha. that day trip was my fave part of the whole trip with the bridgeclimb coming in next. lol. and of cos the usual seafood dinner by darling harbour. amazing.

So all in all, it was a successful trip, but i wont be going back ther again. nt much else. so yeah thats abt it for my holiday. so what'd you all do? ~