this is so wierd... somehow e language of blogger changed... hmmm.... and all i see r squares... y???? help!!!!!!!

okie, todae went to gym, again. ytd went w feli and lp, todae went by myself while my family played badminton... now have muscle aches... :( kies, back to e recap!

8th dec, wed:
woke up at 7 today.... lots of travelling to do! we'll be leaving hobart for bicheno today. had a light breakfast, cinnamon doughnut and coffee b4 setting off. bid e rm farewell. first stop:port arthur.

port arthur was 1 and a half hr drive. had to drive along cliffs, which was e same as mountains,so i sat in front today. somehow, i dont get as sick when i am in front as to when im behind. dunno why. but yah... e view was beautiful, which makes it all e more worthwhile. anw, port arthur is a historic site. it used to house convicts back in e 1800s. e island is ideal as it is surrounded by sea and bushes, which makes it hard for e convicts to escape. they didnt need walls to keep e convicts in, nature helped them. e convicts came frm england, scotland, ireland and even aussie itself. they were sentenced for all sorts of reasons, e most ridiculous, i find, were cos they were too young or too old.

at port arthur, they had tours. we toured e main island where we learnt more abt e lives of e convicts and e free ppl(e officers). e worse form of punishment, which still is today, was e solitary confinement. i went into tt prison to see... really scary. a small rm, if you're lucky you get a window, thick doors w only a peephole. all e prisoners had were timber and materials for cutting it. we even saw e menues for their daily food. then we also visited e chapel and e asylum. e chapel we visited was mainly for e solitary convicts, even when they attend service, they were seperated by individually allocated places. doors seperated them frm each other and they cant see who is beside or behind them, only in front. the asylum was e place where e lunatics were housed in, we only had time to visit these places b4 having to catch the boat ride.

i thought e boat ride was kinda disappointing. it was too short, nth much. we only went round e isle of e dead and point puer. e isle of e dead is a small island cemetary where e dead of port arthur r buried. even in death, e convicts and free ppl are seperated. point puer is e island of e first juvenile prison housing boys as young as 9. unfortunately, my parents were not interested in e tours of these two islands and when e boat tour was over, they wated to leave port arthur and heade to bicheno.

next stop: lunch outside port arthur. had soup and garlic bread. light lunch for e trip, gd for e stomach. haha~ then, headed down to swansea. more twists and turns :(. took ard 3 hrs. at swansea, stopped at kate's berry farm for ice cream! keke~ yah, so cold already still want to eat ice cream.... but tt place was reputed for their home made ice cream, a must have. i wasnt disappointed, their ice-cream was wonderful! bro had strawberry, o had raspberry and blueberry. yummy! mum and dad had tea... yepz. we chatted w this other customers, they came frm yorkshire, england. they were on a cycling trip and will in aus for 3 months, and in nz for another 3 mths. wow! so nice.... *envy* really respect them.

frm swansea, it was ard 1/2 hr to bicheno. more twists and turns -_- finally we reached bicheno, it is by the bay! checked in, time reached: 4.45pm. e service apt is like e chalet in sg, only much more nicer. keke~ me and bro went canoeing there, parents went grocery shopping. my first time canoeing! keke~ so fun... bro nearly capsized... haha~ but so shallow, so he wasnt tt wet... keke~ so fun! training for tmr... keke~ tmr gg canoeing in e sea! ha~

then had dinner at e apt, mum cooked. had salad, soup, bread,sweet corns, lobster (cold) and oysters! hehe~ yummy! i love e lobster... keke~ wanna have some more! hee~ after dinner, we went to e bay to look for...... fairy penguins! so cool! we din need to pay to see e penguins cos e place we were staying at was juz by e bay where e penguins came in. so we left at 8.15 pm, walked to e bay, stayed at e rocks there and waited. spotted 6 baby penguins waiting for their parents, sat there and watched and waited w them. they were so sute and tiny, and within my reach! but didnt touch them, cos may scare them away. at 9, e parent penguins came waddling in in grps, e place we sat at was e best, saw e penguins came in so close and moving to their homes and their babies.... kawaii! i wanna bring them home... hehe~

now slacking at e apt... bro wants to play cards. nth on tv, compared to e hotel, there r only 3 channels here... so sad. cant even use e phone cos there's no reception! wow.... isolated seh! hehe~ oh well, g2g, chaoz! visiting cole bay tmr....

-out @ 10.40pm-

9th dec, thurs:
woke up early today.... so sleepy.... ha~ so nice to slp, e bed so springy! keke~ today, gg up to cole bay, 20 min drive away. set off at 9, drove all e way there, then we went canoeing. missed e kayak tour, it started at 8.30, so we hired canoes and canoed ard e bay. mum didnt join us, she opted to go for coffee instead. so me and my dad shared a canoe, bro used a canoe on his own. canoed for an hr. we went to e shore on e opposite end and back again. saw sea urchins, coral reefs, mussels etc. so nice! e water so cold and nice also..... so blue! i went waddling in it... so refreshing!!! keke~ i wanna be a dolphin!

after tt, we went to visit e other bays. sleepy bay was really sleepy, had nth much to see... went up to wine glass bay, now this one is e popular one, so many ppl went there! we had trouble finding a parking lot. hiked up e mountain to see e bay, kinda tiring. but e view at e top made it worth it. it was so beautiful, e blue sea, e mountains and e trees.... i took a pic, i was leaning on a boulder, and my dad took such a long time i told him if e rock moved i'll die. he didnt belief me at first until he saw it himself. e boulder was juz standing there by itself, w nth to stop it frm falling. so if it moved, say bye to moi... choy! ha~ then we went back down, so happy, i was able to keep up w my family.... i have this phobia of staircases and its real bad during hiking trips w nth for me to hold on to. those who have hiked w me b4, esp bukit timah hill, knows tt im petrified when we have to descend e stairs. i take a long long time and im usually e last... so im really happy tt i managed to descend and keep up w my family, near e end, i even caught up w those who overtook me b4! so it was a sense of achievement for me... e fear has been reduced!

after wine glass bay, stopped at e oyster farm. my family had fresh pysters and i had mussels. mussels r yummy! they taste like lala! keke~ one of e tourists we spoke to said tt she considered it a sin to not enjoy eating oysters and she pity these ppl, but i thought my family was lucky cos this meant more pysters for em! haha~ after tt, had lunch... fish and chips, calamari and chips and scallops and chips... yummies! e best seafood i've tasted in a long time! keke~

then it was back to our apt... then my parents went for a walk, i was playing on e seing.... after a while, bro asked me to go to e blowhole w him, so off we went.... it was e same area as e penguins there, this time we went at 5.30pm... still very bright. and guess what? we saw penguins again.... 6 of em! they were under e rock, then we sat outside e rock and looked at e penguins. they actually walked all e way out such tt they were 2 feet away frm us! saw em so clearly... so kawaii! now i really want to bring one home.... haha~ so cute! so tiny and cute! cute lil penguins... keke~

then we went to e blowhole... there's this hole tt when e waves come in, some sea water comes out of tt hole... tt's why its a blowhole... its lovely when there's a huge wave coming in.... u get a big one coming out of e blowhole..... i was slightly wet frm those big ones.... really interesting!

then dad joined us and we went to e whale lookout, unfortunately, no whales for us to see in summer. cries.... hiked up (AGAIN!), e scenery was once again really nice, pity dad forget to bring e camera... oh well... then we came back.

dinner was mum's cooked food again... we had lobster again! keke~ yum yum! wonderful! keke~ fat le..... :)

tmr gg off to launcheston.... chaoz!

-out @ 9.00pm-

10th dec, fri:
wake up at 7.30 am today... travelling to launcheston today.... sleepy... so tired. checked out at 9, hopped into e car and off we went... nth much. juz drove and drove...

1st stop was at campbell town... walked ard looking for toilets and this crafts shop. found lots of antique shops instead... so we went on w e journey.

next we arrived at launcheston. checked in at comfort inn... ha~ mine and bro's rm nicer than my parents. keke~ and since bro had e double bed in hobart, now it's my turn! hee~ big comfy bed fer two nights! whee~

then we went to take e chairlift at 'catarect park', only me and bro took, dad and mum walked. wow! so nice... e place so nice... took some pics frm e chairlift, lovely! then its not very cold also, juz a light breeze... so nice and refreshing! keke~ then along the ride, there was this grp of teenagers picniking, then one of e girls waved and shouted hi, but i thought she was shouting to e person behind us, so i didnt ans. then another gal shouted konninchiwa, then i knew tt they were saying hi to us, so i waved back. haha~ so friendly rite?

after tt, er walked awhile, then we were on this track, and my bro suddenly told me my parents were across e gorge, then we saw them waving to us. then there was this grp of teens suntanning on this rock, and they were waving to my parents, and so funny lah! my parents waving to us, e teens thought my parents waving to them, so they waved back... in e end, they realised my parents were waving to us, cos we were "communicating" w each other frm opp ends of tt lake. haha~

after tt, went or lunch at e winery....e waitor so cute! he served us, then he very soft-spoken also... and my mum also tell me he very cute... keke~ then we drank some wine, which turned out to be quite strong, then my parents very tipsy, esp my mum who started saying very lame things. ha~ lucky i din finish mine... then e waitor kept serving us and smiling... keke~ so cute! e food also very nice... i has scallops, mum too, dad and bro had fish! yummy! hee~

then we went to woolworths for some grocery shopping and there was this cashier who suddenly spoke to me in a low husky voice... then he keep looking at me, and he down there speaking to my dad very politely....hmm too bad.... he not tt cute. i still prefer e waitor... hehe! eh... even an 98 yr old granma also say e waitor cute lor.... ha!

now im back in e hotel watching tv while e others slp... guess what? they were showing 'the handmaid's tale'! wow... but their dresses didint have e white blinkers, and they changed e storyline a little... like at e end, offred killed e commander, then they also named offred 'kate', and at e end, they gave e ending tt e eyes helped offred escape when e actual ending was we didnt know if she survived or not..... yah. but so interesting. maybe next time i'll catch england england! hee~

rite, gg out for dinner later to dunno where... all i know is tt we wanna have steak! hee~ k, ginna bathe now... chaoz!

-out @ 6.11pm-

and tt's all fer now... cont later! chaoz!