Wednesday, April 28, 2004
heehee peeps! yest i dreamt we were at changi airport and dreamt we took a lot of photos at the airport which did not look like the airport.and i dreamt that i forgot to bring my long sleeves. hahahaha.
oh i bought my travel insurance thru my mum liao.if u all dunno maybe i can us her what shes buying. as for money exchange, jacko's company just ran out of aussie dollars. she'll check for me if tmr got. i checked dbs rates... its 1.25 now... definetley dropped. so if u all r just lazy we can just ask my mum. if not... maybe shumei?? yupyup. anyway yahui said before can change there too right? how much to change? from the entry at the bottom i calculated IF we go for those day tours... it'll cost about AU$500. then right, we have to pay money at sydney's unilodge which will be AU$180. i might get the debit card in time. so if u all want, i could pay that for u all first then u pay me back in singapore. just that u all may lugi some money cos the exchange rates are different. yupyup. now our expenditure on accomodation and airfare stands at S$810+225=S$1035 thanks to huawei and his friend!! :) ok yupyup. meals... i dunno how muchto spend really. ah ok... not helping.
stupid sheep
@ 10:28 AM
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Sunday, April 25, 2004
Hello! Regina here-- my first entry! Anyway yeah alumni sounded good yesterday, and it was great seeing all of you again :)
regina
@ 3:12 PM
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hey my darling PEEPSER!! yesterdae's PHANTOM was a SUCCESS haha we FINALLY sound eerie enough :) WELL DONE peeps!! :) proud of all of yu :) thanks for watching me the whole NITE haha (ive never felt so WATCHED before,all eyes were on me man haha) anyway just want to say a little thank yu for being there every week to hear me talk crap and LAUGH at and with me heh i think it's more of the former,i think hahaa glad to provide yu guys with entertainment every week due to me-not-knowing-what's-coming-out-of-my-mouth haha well done well done :) special thanks to all the SOLOIST (yesh that include all those pple who played the ONE for each part thingey heh) -big hug- thanks for being in FRONT of me to share my first and last conducting experience in vch heh
klot
@ 12:12 PM
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Saturday, April 24, 2004
hey peeps!! i dont mind the kingsgate hotel cum apartment thingey so that means yu booked two triple room issit deb?anyway tom is the big day everyone :) (whoops i mean later on today) CADENZA *eng ing eng* ahhaa anyway this is so exciting... crap i got nothing else to say... im lost for words!!gosh ok ok anyway all the best my dear peeps!! play well and WATCH me hahhaa.. this is so crappy haha good luck everyone!! hope yu guys get to see this BEFORE cadenza, if not it wont serve the purpose AT aLL!! haha crap k k nites peeps!
klot
@ 12:28 AM
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Friday, April 23, 2004
ok peeps...
i went ahead to book kingsgate cos its the same agency as unilodge... and they accept payment in aust when we check out. that means my mum's credit card is only for like in case we dont appear or sthg. so if u all wanna change your minds still can. cancellation must be 5 days in advance.
i counted the costs:
travel:S$810
accomdation:AU$380 which is about S$475
total: S$1285
so right if ur budget was S$2000... then we have S$725 left.
which is about AU$580. haha.
sydney harbor bridge climb=AU$155
Great Ocean Road prob=AU$100
a cruise down sydney harbor=AU$25
cold i mean blue mountain=AU$200
(checked on websites)
so if we go for these maybe more popular sights... that leaves us with not much.
sigh!
ok so like maybe cassie ow can ur mum's fren bring us to cold mountain?
stupid sheep
@ 2:14 PM
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Thursday, April 22, 2004
kingsgate
pls look at this web to see the apartment...
its relatively cheap at 119 per triple room... meaning about 40 per person. conisdering it has a toilet its better than YHA. and its pretty centralised near chinatown i think. so yupyup i think this is the best deal so far. pls reply!
stupid sheep
@ 11:52 PM
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hey peeps! (hahaha..copy clot)
aniwae, i shall try to type out a rough packlist then all of you can help to edit it =)
2 Jeans, 2 sleeping long pants
7 t shirts
2 jacket/sweater
Socks - depends how often u change yr socks la..haha undergarments- 9 sets
cap/hat
2 towels
bathing stuff - shampoo, soap, face wash, comb, toothbrush, toothpaste,
first aid kit? ( basic medication la)
lip balm + moisturiser
shoes
sandals
water bottle
small bag to carry around
umbrella ( in case of rain?)
extra $$
entertainment stuff - cards, cd player,story book ?
camera =)
pen + notebook?? (record how much u spend? haha)
snacks for plane journey?
err..passport!!
hmm, ya..tts abt. it..can't think of anything else to add..
teo
@ 2:37 PM
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hey peeps!! sorry ive been gone and not contributing at all for a few days.. been busy heh and my cpu seems to prevent me from getting online too heh.. hahaa i can see that everyone is trying to copycat my hey PEEPs hahaa so funny now that i think abt it haha.. anyway the unilodge thing sounds good and im fine with the yha thingey i guess... thanks DEB!! :) and i wanna go climbing!!!! i second the climbing thing and i want to go vic market so yah hahaaa... wheee this is so exciting!! and guess what guys!!! we are going NEXT week!! hehehe damn fast liao.. wheeee yayyayyayyay!! k k think i better research on smthing or smthing hahhaaa wait later everyone scold me *shudder* :) k k see ya on sat and PLEASE dont be late.. 3 pm k... are we meeting for lunch????
-the original hey peepsER :)-
klot
@ 1:02 PM
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Tuesday, April 20, 2004
hey peeps... about YAH melbourne
there are no more 6-beds dorms so what they suggested was book an 8 bed dorm and pay for the extra. cos we are not members, we'll have to pay an extra AU3.50. it was supposed to be AU25 each plus tt... but when we pay for the 2 beds and share the extra cost... it will work out to about AU37 (i hope my maths is ok).
i am going ahead to book it. any objections by tonight k... otherwise confirm liao. :)
stupid sheep
@ 10:34 AM
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Monday, April 19, 2004
i wanna go climb!!!!! even tho im scared of heights.
anyway... impt! we must pay our hotel fees for sydney upon checking out. my mum's card is only for in case we back out. so please bring AU$180 each for that
stupid sheep
@ 7:19 PM
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hey..harbour front money changer has quite good rates..1.205..tt's quite good rite? cos' the other time when we went lucky plaza the lowest was only 1.22..
hmm..ya..so if u want me to help u change money, juz tell me la..i go harbour front everyday..haha
teo
@ 5:10 PM
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Melbourne Tourist Attractions
Things To Do in Melbourne in Just a Few Days
We’ve put together a quick list of attractions that you will want to check on your list, based on geography and must-see factor.
Day One
Queen Victoria Markets - Shop for it, and you may find it here! Victoria Market is the shopping heart of Melbourne. More than 120 years of history packed into shops and stalls selling food, clothes and and knick-knacks.
Melbourne Aquarium - By the banks of the Yarra River since 2000, the aquarium offers a comprehensive experience of Australia’s ric waters, from deadly sharks and jellyfish, to delightful corals.
Crown Casino - Flame throwers in the night sky, in this landmark nighttime watering hole by the banks of the Yarra River.
Day Two
National Gallery of Victoria - A pair of buildings – the Ian Potter Centre for Australian Art and the International Building - together house one of Melbourne’s finest art collections. Near each other in the city.
Yarra River Cruise - Take in the city from the river – you can take a ride from Southgate to the historic Docklands or the beautiful parks upriver.
Day Three
MCG - Sporting Victoria – take a trip to the large Melbourne Cricket Grounds, Australia’s largest stadium and often a venue for epic test matches, especially the Ashes series with England.
Albert Park - Then have a day at Albert Park, site of the Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 Race, but also a place for volleyball, rowing and sailing in the lake.
Day Four
Ballarat - Day trip out to Ballarat, site of the Gold Rush of the mid 1800s. Pan for gold at Sovereign Hill and learn about the 1854 revolt by miners.
First Published 26 March 2004
Sydney Tourist Attractions
Things To Do in Sydney in Just a Few Days
We’ve put together a quick list of attractions that you will want to check on your list, based on geography and must-see factor.
Day One
Sydney Harbour - Make a date with the big attractions of Sydney – Sweeping Opera House, soaring Harbour Bridge and the eateries along Darling Harbour. You can take to StarCity to try your luck at Sydney’s only casino.
Day Two
City Center - Shop in Sydney’s flagship departmental store, David Jones, or one of the several located in the city center near Hyde Park. Or take a stroll down Oxford street, with more shopping and an “exotic” reputation. Sydney Tower gives you the best view of Sydney from the sky at 250 m above everything.
Day Three
North Shore - Taronga Zoo – take ferry ride to the North shore to Taronga Zoo (admission included in ferry tickets). One of the finest in the world, the zoo features the unique creatures of the antipodean world.
Manly - This beach community is home to lifesaving carnivals and the Manly Jazz Festival in September.
Day Four
Olympics Home - Scene of the triumphant staging of the Olympic Games in 2000, this site was one of the most environment-conscious construction projects ever.
Sydney Cricket Ground / Aussie Stadium - The Australian obsession with cricket and rugby lives on in the SCG, frequent home of epic test matches, and Aussie Stadium, site of the Rugby World Cup Final in 2003.
Bondi - The quintessential Aussie Beach, with surfing and sun especially at the height of the Southern Summer.
--just reference! haha melbourne seems quite... nothing much leh... haha
stupid sheep
@ 11:06 AM
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ok unilodge replied:
Triple (Rates per room per night)
From 08 May 2004 to 12 May 2004 :
AU$135.00 x 4 nights x 2 rooms = AU$1080.00
Total (Australia $ AU$): = AU$1080.00
Rate is inclusive of
Service and Tax
i already booked it w my mum's credit card. to make things simpler... per person:AU180 per person...4 nights so each night:AU45... which i think is quite ok la. anyway i tried asking if i could add beds but they dont let me... sorry!
melbourne's YHA hasnt replied me... yup. haha this is quite fun.
stupid sheep
@ 10:41 AM
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hey peeps! haha. help! im panicking cos i emailed the accomadations on sat night and no one has replied me :S how? what if they never ever reply me? haha. er help? ok im just a little psycho here cos maybe they take time.
stupid sheep
@ 10:08 AM
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Sunday, April 18, 2004
(hey poops?) ah. Hotel Unilodge:
"This swanky-looking joint offers good value for it's larger rooms, and has impressive facilities and amenities, such as a business centre and an indoor lap pool." -Lonely Planet, Sydney. OO. its uhh very near to Broadway Shopping Centre (is this the one youre talkin abt, clot?) and just 1.5 km from the Central station. Location IS pretty good, near Chinatown, Darling Harbour... (not too sure the distance but i should think about 2/3 km?) there's a Darling Harbour Superticket ($29.95) which gives you a harbour cruise, entry to the aquarium and chinese garden, a cafe meal and a monorail raide. call 92647377, Matilda Cruises. valid for one month, this is good because aquarium ticket costs $22 and the chinese garden $4.50 already... uhh aquarium has a transparent underwater tunnel, exhibits and blabla sounds like sentosa to me. OR we could just walk around the harbour and not be tempted by the tourist-targetters. free performance of Sounds of Outback at the Northern Territory &Outback Centre but tt place just sounds like it sells didgeridoos and like its too catered for tourists ie they're out to cheat your money if you wanna buy the aboriginal/australiana-type souvenirs.
uhh they say the Blue Mountains are top of a must-see list, but it's a tad far from sydney. by train, there are hourly departures from Central station, taking about 2 hrs to reach Katoomba station by the yellow line. OR "backpacker-oriented Wonderbus" from sydney, have to call 92475151 to find out what exactly it is though...
Bondi Beach- we can get there by CityRail (ie train) blue line. looks like only four stops but i have no idea how long it takes... from there, bus service 380 or 382. hmm what i read is that it's not as what it's hyped up to be... best place for "homesick brits" haha but there ar plenty of other beaches, if you pple are still interested in a beach in winter i'll check it up again
oo btw there's Paddy's Markets, open 9am to 430 pm sat and sundays. its situated pretty near unilodge, in chinatown, distance abt the same as from unilodge to central station. one of those market places selling crappy stuff ("marketfare"), inexpensive cds, clothing wigs boardgames blablabla i expect it's like one of those pasarmalams you get here. we can do this if we're bored haha but prolly just low-priority entertainment.
more when we confirm lodging? :) do you pple wanna shop or visit museums or walk in parks??
M
@ 6:45 PM
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Friday, April 16, 2004
hey peeps!! went to chinatown with chee today to pay the whole lot of tickets so im totally broke!! hahaa so yu guys better pay me back tom!! :) anyway check out this website..
unilodge
klot
@ 3:24 PM
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hey my dear peeps!! :) went with chee to the travel agency today and paid for the whole lot of tickets and im totally broke hahaa.. anyway remember the stupid test that i had to take in indo last week??? i GOT IT!! hahaa i got in for the uni of indo med fac!! wheee hahhaa happy happy day!! :) k k here's the website for the hotel unilodge thinegy.. check it out..
unilodge
klot
@ 3:00 PM
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Thursday, April 08, 2004
hey peeps! currently in indo for a few days till sunday cos i gotta go for this indo uni entrance crap on sat and sun,wish me luck yah..anyway sorry havent been blogging much cos as yu all remember,i CANT seem to open the blog so i gotta see everything from the 'manage post' page siggh ahaha but now i can see it cos im in indo and my parents just got us a cable (finally) haha yu dont know how slow the connection is here man.. sigghh anyway thanks chee for eveything :) im VARY VARY excited abt the trip whee.. less than a month!! cant wait man heh.. anyway for accomodation,i asked my friend who went to aussie last dec and she said that uni lodge or travel lodge would be a good place to stay..cos some of the hotels are not what they APPEAR to be yup yup photos can be deceiving man.. so anyway there is this uni lodge that my friend stayed when she travelled to melb and the location is really really good (btw uni lodge is much bigger than travel lodge,it's like an apartment got kitchen and stuff and there are 2 levels to it..so it's something like a chalet) anyway where was i? the location yesh! it is located smack opposite this huge shopping mall which has everything (dont worry,my friend is a true blue shooping girl :)) and there are 2 groceries shop opposite and 24hour mart next to it so it's really realy near and it's quite safe for anyone to go get a mie in the midst of the nite..yup..ill find out more abt it from her and ill update yu guys and yu get to see how it looks like cos she took a pic there :) yupyup just a little update from me and i cant believe i have to apply for the aussie visa myself.. sniff! take care pple and see yu guys real soon!
klot
@ 11:41 PM
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Tuesday, April 06, 2004
eh..jus saw yaya's latest post from the 'manage posts' setting but dunno why cannot see from the blog itself leh. hmm. lousy blogger..haha..
anyway..sorry ah guys..we kept using this to post our aust trip stuff..nevermind lah..abt 1 more mth then no more liao..hee ;)
yupz..we've confirmed the tickets from Skyway Travel N Tours Pte Ltd already..here's the update..
- Departing from Singapore to Melbourne on 2nd May '04 on QF10 (Quantas flight) at 1945 hrs
flight takes about 7hrs so will touch down in Mel at 0445 hrs
- we'll stay in Melbourne till 8th May '04 where we'll catch a domestic flight QF442 at 1500 hrs to Sydney. flight takes abt 1hr 20mins..will reach sydney at 1620 hrs
- staying in Sydney till 12th May '04 where we'll take QF5 at 1545 hrs back to Singapore..flight takes 7hrs 50mins..reaching here at 2135 hrs.
yupz..that's abt it..i'm going down to pay the deposit tmr first..total amt's S$810 (the 3 tickets cost S$663, airport tax's S$147)..deposit's S$200 per person..my dad gave me a check liao..you guys better pay me back on sat or else my dad will start nagging..haha ;P
ooo..and thanks ah yaya..if possible, see can check out the rates for the apartments yah? cos i dunno where to find online..hehe..
chee
@ 1:09 AM
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Friday, April 02, 2004
eh..wait ah..you guys want got private bath and not common bath one rite? hahaha..pls reply and save me the trouble...;)
chee
@ 5:16 PM
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hey peeps!!! i'm back! haha..i haven't been slacking okie? did a bit of homework..heh..i realised it's much harder to plan than i expected cos there are jus so many things that i dunno the price of. i haven't really figured out the prices for the land and tour packages cos we kinda forgot to ask the agencies wat hotels we were going to stay in (oh yah clot..can you open the mail CTC sent us huh? i can't open leh..) anyway..i've more or less compared the prices..it should be alot cheaper if we plan the whole thing on our own loh. eh..i'm too lazy to quote everything here..show you guys the rough calculations on sat yah? haha..so those going Aust diedie also must turn up for alumni ;)
here's a rundown of the things we've gotta look at lah..if i missed anything out..PLS add in..or else we'll be under-budgetting! hmm..as for exchange rate..think it's about A$1- S$1.27 or S$1.28..
1. Return air tix
2. Domestic flight (internal transfer)
3. Airport transfer (to and fro airport and hotel)
4. Food (tentatively S$20/day)
5. Accommodation
6. Transport fare (for travelling around the city)
7. Shopping (up to you guys..S$200?)
8. Airport tax (abt S$154)
9. Visa
10. Insurance
anyway..if we plan the whole thing ourselves, it's the airfare that mandy mentioned..Quantas flight (SIN-MEL-SYD-SIN) S$750..that's inclusive of the domestic flight so we get 3 tix at one go lah. i found a pretty good hotel.. as in in terms of price and location..but think it's only a 2.5 star hotel..it's KingsGate Hotel (131 King St Melbourne, Australia 3000) you guys go check out this website..
KingsGate1 KingsGate2 it's supposed to be 500m from Spencer St. Station..then from airport to the station got skybus (eh..mel only got one airport rite? Tullamarine Airport?)..like that to and fro will be about S$22 (A$8.50 per trip)..not bad rite..quite cheap. other than that, i haven't checked out any for sydney yet..you guys free then go to those websites above to check out the other hotels yah? if you find a better one for mel also pls say! hmm..i'll try to update again tmr if i have enuff time lah..yupz..that's all for now! :)
p/s forgot..for this agency..visa processing's FREE!!! hahaha..(CTC charges S$10 per person..)
chee
@ 2:16 AM
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Thursday, April 01, 2004
haha cadenza is 24th april at vch.
yup! ohchee clot and i went to chinatown to hunt yesterday! ohchee shld be back with the details soon but we needta check out accomodation to get a better picture of things. total shldnt add up to more than $2000 tho! uhhh cities are melbourne and sydney. we found one deal tt was qantas singapore-melbourne-sydney-singapore $750 then plus airport tax of $147 and we thought it looked pretty good... but it doesnt include anything else. the package ones w hotel are still in comparison w chee. hur. we shld be able to decide by next band pract!
M
@ 10:26 PM
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heyz..update me on the aust trip!! like which part of aust we r going and whether its gonna be a package tour or free and easy..aniwae, people's park has lots of travel agencies..not sure if u all checked it out already..aniwae if u want me to help with anything juz tell me..haha..=)
teo
@ 11:50 AM
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