ok, i know it's been a looooonnng time since i last updated, and no(sad to say), i have not fallen off the face of the earth. i am still alive, pretty much breathing, and insane. *cackles madly*

ok, so here's what happened in aussie. arrived in perth at the ungodly hour of 5.30am on sat. went to fremantle, shopped while waiting for check-in time, half aslp, slept in service apt after checking in, grocery shopped, dinner, slp.

2nd day: drive to bunbury. it was alright there. sun, wind(damn cold),sand, sea. stayed in hotel for 2 nights. pool table, where the cue sticks became my shinai for the day. whehehe. fish n chips! hell ya.

4th, 5th day: busselton. saw the jetty. nth spectacular there. again, more card games with family friends peiyan, zhuan yi n junrong(travelling w the Ho family), more fish n chips. drive to margerat river for wine-tastings! yummies

6th,7th: pemberton. trees. nature. cabin. yays. cold. canoe. loan dvds. tallest trees. card games. free fruits(avocado,kiwi,lemons) from the owner's orchard. found a wooden branch to practise kendo. enough said.

8th,9th: albany. bored. another city. stayed far away frm city, which was stupid, which we didnt have a choice abt cos the $'s been paid, n the place we stayed in was a sad sad disappointment. space for me to practice kendo w my stick(yesh i brought the stick along), though sadly not as spacious as pemberton.

10th day: bridgetown. shared cabin with ho family. bbq dinner. farm. donkeys, pony, chickens and a breed of i-cant-remb-the-name animals. those animals are relatives of the camel n lemu(sp) i think. more card games. wines.

11,12,13,14 days: perth. 11, went to swan valley. more wine-tasting. 12th, sand-boarding in lancelin. the best n funnest thing on the trip so far. sandboarding is like surfboarding only u do it on huge sand dunes. 13th, shopping. loads of clothes, a belt(shared w mum), nougats for kendokas(n kena molested by some perv while hunting for nougats), chocs chocs n more chocs, tim tam overdose, uwa, kings park, mix(lovely cafe selling chicken rice- choice lunch in uwa last time), spices(tr! the guy not there le) etc etc. oh ya, n a drunken taxi driver on the 14th to boot.

tt's abt all.

oh ya, 17th(sat), met mun wei, siew, suyu for kendo training in sch. burnt my foot on the ground. went to changi dojo to help out for tournament the next day,

18th: 1st kendo tournament. lost, but not disapponted. proud of my seniors. congrats to them. junior woman(bogu)- kitt, 3rd. junior men(bogu) - Jeremy, 2nd; jesse, 1st. senior woman(bogu) - shermaine, 3rd. none of us juniors won in the non-bogu section, but we still did pretty well. dont despair peeps! heads up! work hard for next tournament. youth tourney coming up: jan 22nd @ NUS, mpsh 6

today: kendo training after 2 mths. was alright. tired. sore. blistered.

shall go slp now. chaoz.