Travel Diary: Day 4

A beautiful start to day 4 in perth

The underside of the bridge on my way to harbourtown 

Huge shoe outside the shoe store

Carrousel Shopping Centre 

Had thai food for dinner

Shopping Haul

Day 4, Monday

The day started out great again and this was the day i ever shopped so much in my whole life. 

Not just overseas but ever in my whole life.

I tend to always stop and think before buying things and give myself at least 10 reasons before buying it. 

therefore it was a big surprise to me to have bought so much. 

Harbourtown has all the factory outlets to the famous stores there and i must say the Esprit jeans are cheaper there then here. (even when converted because theres a 15% discount on jeans)

I definately found my faverite store. JayJays . They sold the utmost interesting accessories i've came upon. 

After that we went to carousel shopping center, 

where i bought my itouch cover (which was rare to find one with a nice design so i immediately though it was pink -_-)

That day was eventful but i will not write it up here because it would take a long time to explain what happened. Long story short, my grandma and grandaunt thought they were gonna be locked up when men with barriers came around and they panicked. 

The rest you can figure what happened..

After that we settled to eat in a thai restaurant. It was okay for me but i enjoyed eating the green curry. 

I was super beat that day but i ended that night sitting outside the house enjoying the cool night breeze while drinking baileys. It was a tiring day but an awesome night. 

Travel Diary : Day 3

Beautiful day at the park.

The many ducks that waddled the pond

Domino pizza

The view from where we set up our picnic

My uncle and cousin raising a kite.

Day 3,Sunday

It was a beautiful day, sunny but windy just the right weather for a picnic. 

Before going, we picked up some stuff from a mall and bought KFC before heading to the park.

(Which name i unfortunately forgot to note as i was too immersed and relaxed at the park)

The KFC in australia are indeed delicious and different. I say its the different way the chickens are made. 

I spend almost half a day there, scooter-ing around the park, lying on the grass and feeding the ducks

My inner child days was relived and  the weather was just right!

My relatives were mostly also gathered on that day and it was nice to see the young kids run along chasing each other and playing like they should be. 

A sight on can rarely see here in singapore. 

It was nice for a change to head there to see the other side of things.

Never i thought could the skies be so wide and blue. 

Never had i breathed the fresh air with a nice wind blowing.

Never had i had a picnic in the park.

It was a fun and an all new experience for me. 

Travel Diary : Day 2

Cool breeze, morning 9am.

Went to the wholesale market where the fruits were extremely cheap.

[$20 for a box of pears!]

This oriental grocery shop we stopped by was interesting. 

They sold everything asian here and the nasi lemak here tastes awesome. 

Stopped by another mall, and there is my grandaunt who's house i stayed over at.

Had lunch at a chinese restaurant called "happy union restaurant"

Lobster as the main dish of the day..

View from Monument Hill Memorial Reserve

A street we passed on out way to Freemantle

A catholic church that stood near to the Freemantle Weekend Market.

My Heaven: Coffee of all kinds, needed willpower to not buy at least half the the coffees there. 

Day 2, Saturday

We started out early as my aunt wanted to bring me to the wholesale market. 

Though it was not as busy and bustling as the markets here in Singapore, the atmosphere there was similar.

In their own stalls, people were yelling prices and the sale of the day. 

We visited an Oriental Grocery Shop just down the road where the nasi lemak was delicious. 

Right after we dropped the fruits and groceries back at our house, we made our way to Fremantle. 

We stopped by a memorial hill where the view was amazing. I stood on the hill just admiring the view and its breeze for a while as my grandma waited in the car. 

The view was breathtaking and its something you can never see here in my country.

After visiting the memorial, we went to the Freemantle market that reminded me of my trip to bangkok and the chatunchak market. 

Busy and bustling with people, they sold a whole range of things. 

From souveniers to plates, to fruits to cheese. 

Not to mention coffee and tea as well. 

I wanted to buy a whole lot of coffee beans back home but i restricted myself to only 3 kinds which i kind of regret now. I should have bought more. 

After that we went to take a look at "E shopping" that was pretty much empty but it had a nice view from the food court. 

For dinner, i went to my uncle's house where he cooked us a meal and we ate in his backyard. 

That was when i noticed how wide the night sky was. 

I regretted not bringing my constellation map because the night sky there was beautiful. 

It was wide like the sea and stars decorated the night like a picture on a never ending canvas. 

Travel diary: Day 1 of Perth

So, I was away to Australia for the past 10days to visit my relatives and for a short getaway. 

This trip was different because firstly, It was my first time going to Perth nor Australia for a matter of fact. Secondly, I went there not with my parents but my aunt's family, my grandma and grandaunts. 
While i was there, i made little notes with the pictures i took.

So, in my posts to come, it'll sort of be like a travel diary of my trip to Perth. 

Day 1 

Terminal 3 of Changi Airport, was waiting for a while here

Plane ticket... 

Where i was flying to, 4 hours into the flight.

Reached perth at 6.45am, it was 19 degrees then. 

 I was pretty much jet-lagged cuz it has been a while since i last took a plane.

the beautiful skies 

The 2 shops I visited. 

-Chemist warehouse

-Big W (Which have soon became my favorite place to shop)

The sunset of that day from the car

Day 1 (Thursday-Friday)
 Overall was me being awed by every single thing around. 

The skies were clear, the air was fresh and the land was huge.

There weren't any tall buildings and it was nice to be somewhere different. 

I also met my aunt and uncle and my cousin whom i have never met before. 

It was really awkward at first. 

For dinner, i got to eat snow crab. It was delicious.

However as i was pretty tired from the flight because i didnt get to sleep a wink on the plane. 

I crashed immediately that night. 

My thoughts on My Chemical Romance as a fan

The news on their homepage

When I finally got my ass off bed this morning
I checked through my phone that was left untouched for more than a week.
Having been overseas it took me hours to read through all my messages.
I scrolled through messages and saw something i did not want to believe.
My friends were talking about how My Chem broke up.
I thought they were joking but when i went on twitter to check what was going on,
then going to their homepage to check hoping it was just a rumour.
It was true.
My Chemical Romance had disbanded.

The first thing i felt when I read through the comments was sadness and anger.
I felt sad because i didnt give much attention to My Chem as i used to when i first heard them and started to listen to their songs again. Then as i listened, thinking how each song used to mean to me i started to feel angry.

How can this band, that saved many people including me through their music just quit with a snap of a finger?
However i stumbled upon a particular tweet that attached Gerard's letter to us,fans.

After i read it, It made me think.
 Maybe they are not ending it.
Maybe they are starting under a different name.
Maybe they will come back with ass-kicking hits again
But then i stopped for a while and thought.
I thought and thought and re-read his first paragraph.
Of how a bird flew into his house and his wife and child all ran around the house trying to get it out.
Maybe it was time he, they, my chemical romance got back to a normal life.
They made the band to save themselves that in turn saved us.
Now that they had a family and have been saved, shouldnt they spend more time with them?
Being on the roads all the time, creating music is never easy with a family.
Also, inspirations to create such music like theirs takes time and cant be forced.
Maybe they will be back someday, maybe they wont.
 But its okay to me because he chose this and this was how he wanted it to be.

With that said, I should look back too shouldnt I? On how i got to like MCR...its been a while since i did this.

I remember it was in 2005, i was watching MTV Asia and they played videos from 2-5pm (unlike now where they just show crappy variety shows and dramas and no music videos at all, no offence ).
I was eating my lunch when i Helena came on. I became curious about them. Why was the lead singer wearing makeup? What did the video mean? What did the words mean? I being 11 was all curious and went online to find their music and started listening to them.

The first album i heard from them. Three cheers for sweet revenge was their 2nd album.

As days passed, so did my love for their music and  many others. My chemical romance introduced me to a genre i have barely heard. Alternative rock that soon changed to punk-rock and after that post-hardcore music.

In 2006, was the year they saved me. I was 12, my relation with my parents were terrible, i was always scolded and we always fought. Especially my mom and I. Almost everyday I'd be slamming doors and turning up the music on my stereo crying my eyes out. School was stressful because i had to go through my first major exam and my grades was terrible. With such grades, i couldnt get into the school i wanted.
Though now i think back, i was really silly when i was 12. However i guess, the 12 year old me just couldnt stand everything around her. Being alone, with no one to talk to, the insecurities she had, the insults she got from people around her, the lack of confidence and the constant battle between herself and her inner thoughts. It drove her up the wall.
 But then everything disappeared when I listened to My chem.

That year, they released the black parade. I remember being in Japan and went to buy it straight away when it was released.
When i came back from my trip to japan i heard it everyday and honestly that album was amazing.

From 12 i turned 13 and i somehow matured in a way, i learnt to manage my emotions. I learnt to hide how i felt. I learnt to turn to music when needed and to My Chem when i really felt crap.

Finally at the age of 13, they came to my country. Without a second thought, i jumped to grab my ticket and went to the concert (with my best friend and my mum...she didnt want me to go alone and well she somewhat liked them too)
Their concert was amazing. The black parade. They played all my fave songs.
All i thought as i saw them from afar (As my seat was quite far back) was their here.
They were here performing in front of me, the people i heard and only watched on TV was there.
In that one concert i experienced what a concert was. How i was not the only one who loved this band and how amazing they were on stage.
I sang and jumped to my hearts content only to suffer from a muscle ache the next day.

Taken from my scrapbook...it was nice to look through it again haha

As i grew up, my taste in music grew as well.
Having heard 'heavy' music for most of my early days, i started listening to more mellow songs.
After the long tour with the black parade, MCR took a long break as well.
They got married and had children.
I, as a fan was happy but also i started to slip out from the rock scene as well.

Then they came back with Danger Days in 2010.

Their danger days picture. 

The music was entirely different. They grew up as did I. Their songs were filled with more passion and they werent dark anymore. It felt that they tore off their mask and were themselves on that album.
Their signature swears in songs are definately in there but you can hear their voices through that one album.

Looking back after finding out they were disbanding, i am happy to have been and will always be a fan of MCR.
I may not be a hardcore fan as i used to be when i first heard them but i still love them and are thankful for them. I can honestly say they helped me grow up. They were like the parents that cared for me during my darkest hour.

I will always love and appreciate the work of My Chem.
Thank you for always creating amazing music.

Cheers

My most fave picture of theirs. During their Helena days. 

Goodbye holiday, Hello reality

The plane back home. 

Passed by a storm of clouds, over a sea of lands

Barely slept over the 5 hours

Welcomed back by the lights of the city

still alive but has tons of things to unpack. 

Hey all,
Got back here at 10.30pm last night!!

Been gone for almost 10days! How's everyone?

I'm practically tired and just really feel like sleeping the whole day off but i need to unpack :(

The trip to perth was amazing..more than what i expected.

The air was different, the view, the cars, the people and their accents. Everything was different!

I must say the people there are very kind especially the sales assistants. they always try to spark some little small talk and smile and ask how are you. 

I will be writing more on my trip with pictures (of course, i took tons and tons of them) in the days to come. 

Something important to mention is that i met my other family there.

my cousins, my niece, my uncles and aunties...i cant believe i am an aunt haha!

The family there was really nice and they took  care of me really really well. 

I'm really going to miss them. 

Ok since this person here is still practically jet lagged, she will end her post here today. 

haha

Cheers!

Of packing for a short trip.....

Pink Luggage..people who knows me will be in shock..cuz they know i hate pink rofl.

The one whom just went through another night with only 5-6 hours of sleep
is here to type another post
Hey~

How's everyone? haha. 

Guess what!

I'm flying off tonight!! 

whoop!!

I havent been on a proper holiday since 2008? yeah so i was 14 then. 

the other 2 times i've been overseas was because of family purpose

(when my maternal grandparents passed away..so i dont think you'd call that a holiday..though i did do some shopping and sightseeing but 3-4days of the 11days i was in japan was to attend a funeral so..)

Yeap.

So where am i going? 

For the first time i'm going to an 'Ang Moh' country. Australia. Perth. 

Yeah...furthermore, im not going with my parents but my aunt's family and my grandmother and my grandmother's sisters...

Not quite sure if i'll enjoy myself but...at least i get away from here for a while...

My beloved Jack tag that i bought!!! :D

So i'll be putting a hiatus on translating and will be gone for a week or so :/

I have yet to finish packing....yeah haha..I'm just so lazy and im having second thoughts of going overseas now. 

I kinda feel bad that i can go overseas but my parents cant cuz three of us always go together..

i'm kinda sad about that.

Thats all im bringing for a 10 day trip rofl..not much of a fashionista haha

Okay well, 

before i go another band recommendation. 

I was listening to One ok rock's soundcheck files and this group was recommended by taka. 

So i went to listen to them and Whoo, their not bad. 

So do listen to them as well :D

they are 'twenty one pilots' - a 2 person band..

Cheers!

Went to play Pool/billiards on Monday..i must say i suck at it.