wow i juz came back frm my trip 2 syd & melb & my entire email got deleted!waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah...
but then again it only happened after i replied 2 the email frm the scholarship board. thank God.
trip was great!!!got 2 c most of my ym frens!
really quite an eventful trip.
went 2 melb 1st.
have i said i love food?esp italian food, i tink i have italian blood sumwhere inside me.=P & melb has this most wonderful chain of pizza & pasta called la porchetta. correct me if i m wrong but i tink it means 'the pig'.hmmm...
drove down great ocean road & saw gigantic rock formations lik the 12 apostles. mark says 1 of them looks like they colllapsed already. oops.
o yes & here comes my intuition thing again. the nite b4 setting off 4 grampians leg i absolutely couldn't sleep. this coming frm a gal who slps @ any oppurtunity. and then...we encountered this guy on the road who cld haf hurt us real badly.
on the highway, mark overtook this guy in a red car who actually overtook us already but mark was a bit blur i guess.even tho mark signalled and everything the guy nearly swerved off the road.red guy then overtook us again.i didnt find anything strange but on hindsight i wondered y after overtaking the guy didnt speed off but juz stayed in front of our convoy. he actually 'led' us all the way 2 a town and at a traffic light stop mark rolled down the windows 2 apologise.red guy and gal juz swore at us.dats not the end.he started tailing us all over town,lisa was getting a bit worried when she saw him taking out a stick but mark still found a place 2 park outside a mall coz he didnt tink it wld b very serious.i didnt tink so either.but the ting abt wat red guy said when he came out wielding a bar was "you muz haf said ur prayers this morning".wich in fact we did and were doing so every day & nite.when he pushed mark against another car the wonderful thing was mark didnt retaliate even tho he cld.our 'angel' was a lady wif a baby who yelled at red guy and threatened 2 call the police.wich i was already doing on my hp.this was amazing coz even tho i haf been here quite a while the emergency number never really got stuck in my head.it was only the previous day dat i happened 2 glance at sum tourist guide and remember it.eventually red guy juz chickened out and drove off.it was a miracle nobody got hurt.not even a scratch.even tho mark was thrown against a car.phew.God was wif us all the way.mayb it was a lesson in 'turning the other cheek'.watever it was we prayed 2 bless red guy and gal dat nite.
o yes a word abt the hostels,they were really nicer than i expected,grampians yha was the best!really lik sum winterlodge thing.it had this great recycling thing going on.chickens (may i say chooks?) eat our trash,makes fertilizer wich helps herbs 2 grow dat end up in our plate...cool huh?
saw wild roos too.= )
grampians quite nice and scenic wif lotsa waterfalls.o yes and hansel fell 2.off his mountain bike but nothing broke thank God.juz sum external bruising.as ansen and chong kiat recounted,it looked like a much worse fall.
phillip island had so many cute fairy penguins in the penguin parade.eee!a bit of a rip off on the ticket pricing but how often do i go 2 melb?
o yes i tink i m a snow fanatic now.went 2 mt buller and i learnt how 2 ski!!!a little.saw the most snow i haf ever seen in my life!was a bit 2 garang after the 1st lesson and attempted an intermediate slope wif rachel and sandra.i could do it mentally but not physically.kept falling in weird positions.thank God 4 gd frens who will wait 4 me 2 walk down the mt.
hee after the 2nd lesson i juz got the hang of it but we had 2 go already...next time i ever go on a mt i'll finish learning how 2 ski and after dat learn how 2 board.o yeah.= )
syd was nice but i tink mainly coz of the hillsong conference and church services!i really love the worship there and really felt God talking 2 me thru the guest speakers jentezen franklin and frank demazio.so cool.
going hillsong conference full on next year.cant wait.= D
going 2 monkey mia?kalbarri?wif lisa lovie mavis and evan tmrw.surprise trip.= )