Friday, June 24, 2005

My Trip: an unbiased account of events.

day0. tried to pack bag. slept very very late.
day1. woke up early. eat breakfast. go to airport. answer questions whether i'm tired or not. say bye bye to parents. laugh and feel happy. pose for 655 photos. do i feel like a superstar yes i do. walk around with danny and rui hong and feeling very boh liao. misses ipod badly. boards plane. sits with jon lee and sherman. watches in-flight entertainment. thinks qantas is better. lands in perth. ends up stuck talking to tour manager eugene. i feel like clobbering him. hides underneath my smiley smiley fren-fren facade. take bus to Discovery observatory. shivers. has dinner. sees stars. feels a sense of peace and balance amidst the uncertainty and mystery of space and beyond. goes to the farm resort with an ultra lame name. wonders maybe i like it anyway. freaks out with roomates at night when a car parks outside with doors open and no-one around at 2 am. goes to sleep on the floor.
day2. wakes up late. everyone realizes they woke up late. mad rush. goes to a benedictine monastary settlement called New Norcia. listens to Jeremy Fletcher playing the organ and teacing us how to Gregorian chant. visits other chapels, churches, museam. meets church friends. senses that it is a small small world so why not just laugh it off. eats packed lunch. tries not to spew. dinner. movie marathon. packs bags. sleep. heated mattresses SO rule.
day3. wakes up. late. engages in the following activities: a,b,c,d,e and f. plays with dogs: x,y,z. They are cute. weather cold cold cold. goes to sand dunes. tries to slide down the dunes but fails and gets sand everywhere. lets jun heng do everything else. trips on toe. bleeds. badly. goes down the dunes feeling very very very irked. teachers try to treat wound. bus captain rick tries to make me laugh. i laugh. boards the bus. people gather around asking me if it hurts. goes up the bus. happy face totally wiped away when learns that i have to go to the clinic to treat wound while everyone is shopping. rest of the bus ride spent feeling sorry for myself. talks to mt and g. and later j. arrives in perth city. goes to japanese restaurent. eats. boards bus. yay we arrive at the hotel. damn it looks haunted by the souls of unsatisfied guests. is cynical. roomates: b and jl. watches drew barrymore movie 'riding in cars with boys' in solitary silence. enter jl. jl sleeps. enter b. b watches tv also. ends up sleeping at 12.30am.
day4. wake up call. slams phone down. sleeps somemore. visits fremantle. fish and chips lunch. family photo with b, mt, g, j and n. weather cold cold cold. talk about the aborigines around fremantle. has fun listening to story about spirit children. laughs at mushroom's hat. back to perth. dinner. miniature shopping spree at supermarket. back to hotel. family gathering at mt, g, j's room. listens to simple plan. jumps on bed. j scares all of us by storming out of the room. realizes it's a trick and follows. scares everyone in the room. b accidently falls asleep in vulnerable gossip prone position. talks to family on phone. wakes everyone up. teachers prowling makes everyone get up. people along the corridoor catches b leaving room. mr. y and loyal followers see him and stories start to spread. b's life seems to crash down before him. watches more tv. sleeps.
day5. wakes up. attends sunday mass. little get-to-know-each-other session with small boys from the choir. Visits Caversham Wildlife Park. Tries to feed unenthusiastic kangaroos. Phototaking session with a wombat. dinner. back to hotel. fortune telling with cards. back to hotel room. more tv. sleep.
day6. wakes up. goes to xx senior high. everyone suddenly seems chio-er. choir exchange. sings. listens to them sing. sings ave verum together. tour around school. oooh ahh very pretty. say bye bye. go to kings park. walk around kings park. ooh ahh very pretty. dinner. stays in hotel room. watches tv. shocking obscene image shows up. g breaks down when L remarks something about her head. takes bus to airport. "bid our farewell to the beautiful land of Perth for Singapore". board airplane. tries to sleep onboard. ends up in Singapore desperately in need of a nap. notices b's cute sister. goes to mcdonald's to have breakfast. meets friends that i never knew before although they seem to know everything about me. takes taxi back home. is a tad disappointed.

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