Snow Trip at Falls Creek

How is everyone's week been.Mine is rather stressful and yet fulfilling.

Lets stop thinking of the stressful part(leaving melb) and try focusing at the happy moments.

Last Friday,was a bit of rush for me even though i leave work at 4 pm. After reaching home,i still had to immediately rush out to Southern cross with my luggage as Johnny is picking me from there.

so we all gathered at our meeting point,the house in Kensington! I just felt so good hanging out with these group of people.We all came from different backgrounds, and get to know each other from our acquaintance but yet i feel comfortable around them.Really blessed to have known them and catch up every now and then ..

ok,let me start blogging on my journey to Falls creek.We drove about 4 hours to BRIGHT from Melb as we were staying in Bright.Falls creek is another 1.15 hours away.This is my first overnight stay somewhere near the snow mountain.In the past i usually go on one day trip and the further i been is usually not more than 2 hours..

The first day,i didn't go up the mountain.I stayed back to explore the town at Bright.We did 600 m trail walk to Huggins lookout in the afternoon and spent the evening playing card games at our little cottage.Ding being the only guy that didn't go up the snow mountain,was the driver and chef for the day! He really did a great job.imagine cooking vegetables curry ,beef rendang,and 2 other dishes  for 13 hungry people it is really not an easy task.

 The cute couple Ding and Nicole

 Our trail walk has begun

 The four girls being left behind.lol

 Group pic before dinner

Game time after dinner.

initially i didn't wanted to do any snow activity this time round because im really poor at the moment.But after looking at the pics and video they took on the snow mountain, my will power wasn't strong enough.I was tempted and decided to try snowboarding on the second day.

this is the reason i was tempted to go on snowboarding the next day.

The weather on 2nd day  was  terrible, very cold and windy.The moment i got off the chair lift,i couldn't see much as the fog was too thick.The sight in front of me was plainly white and blurry..No sight of human or moving objects can be seen 250 m ahead of me.

to be honest,i didn't quite enjoy it as much as i think it would be.cuz the weather was so bad.Furthermore,it was my first time snowboarding.Learning new things under a not so conducive environment just made it worst!

Nevertheless,its so nice of Andrew for spending time teaching  me how to snowboard at the mouse track.if you have seen or have taught a toddler how to walk,you would have imagine the whole scenario. I literally couldn't stand still on the snowboard for the first 2 to 3 rounds.The moment he tries to let go and let me skii,within 3 secs i fall flat on the snowfield .was rather embarrassing with all the awkward moves,but  at least i try.After trying ,now i know snowboarding is not my kind of sport,would just do skiing in the future.

After lunch,i was persuaded that i should go for Rapunzel (the real steep mountain).I totally couldn't make it down the mountain foot. Veronica was the one leading me this time round,she holds me by her side to ski down the mountain ,i guess i was too scared and i kept falling .A the end,we had to sit on our snowboard and ski down the mountain.

If i know how to snowboard this would definitely be super fun!it was envy looking at all the skier skiing down the mountain slope freely as though they owned the mountain.

 We are all ready to go up the mountain

 Our one and only snowman built by Shannon and Richard

me with all the ski Gears

This is Andrew who taught me how to snowboard.we cant even open our eyes cuz the snow n wind were too strong

i think this is the best pic taken on the first day which the weather so damn good!

Yeah group pic again 

Photographer:Shannon 

Throw Back to last weekend

How is everyone doing this week? TGIF .

Past two weeks was rather a hectic week for me.Friend came over to visit,so every night i sleep very late,n on both consecutive weekends we were out in some small town.Not only that, work was kinda stressful as i was doing the GST which is what i hated most..I could see the stress pimples popping out on my forehead and dark circle around my eyes.

Thank God,this week i could finally recuperate at home and have some relaxing moments with my cousin.

So we were at a wild park and  Sovereign Hill last weekend.This is probably the only tourism attraction i haven been in Melbourne.The experience in Sovereign Hill Ballarat is unforgettable.The moment i stepped into it, it gave me the feeling of going back to the 1850s.It is a small town itself with costume ladies walking around in the town,horse carriages crossing the road, and some soldier parade.

Below are some pictures taken in the wild park.

We are back to the nature.The park is rather small compared to Heasville or Melbourne Zoo,but i think it is still a good place for kids as kangaroos can be seen everywhere in the park.You get to feed and pat kangaroos too :)

can you see the baby kangaroo in the pouch

A selfie of us at Sovereign Hill

The kids were searching very hard for gold dust in the river.As for me,i was too lazy to look for gold nuggets.Cuz all i could see in the river were just pebbles and sand.

 Anyone wants some char siew pau??

This is the Chinese grocery store left from the gold rush.

Everything here is well preserved and maintained.

The day did not just end in Sovereign hill.The tour bought us to Anne vineyard on the way back to the city.Winny bought home 2 home brewed wines for her family back home.As for me,i went home with good memories ...

At night we went to Hayden's house party for few hours just to give some support to Jason...i have to say he did well!..i suppose the night went wild with the accompany of Americans.lol.  i did learn some new games from them! shall play it in our next house party:)

Day Trip at Macedon Ranges

Just a short update here, last Saturday I took the courage to drive to Macedon ranges in the northen part of Melbourne.After so many years here,this is my first time driving for 2 hours from the city to country side.All thanks to my cousin and friends that have the faith in my driving skills.Without your support i dont think i would dare to be at the driver seat.

our one and only group pic of the day:)

 hehe..only the 2 of us are brave enough to climb up the mountain top for the good view

Have you heard of LENTIL AS ANYTHING?

It is a restaurant runs based on donation.Basically you can pay any amount you desire for the meal . At the end of the meal ,there is a huge donation box where you can donate your money in.Even if you dont pay for it,it is totally fine! Personally, this is not the kind of food towards my liking,but for the experience wise its totally worth going!