Barbecue at the Coates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday, we had the whole day free except for a barbecue dinner in the evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was supposed to be held at the Streets, but the venue was changed to the Coates instead. =D

We left the house at about 4:40? And got there at like 5? I'm not really sure but anyway we went there earlier. =D

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!! The Coates place is SOOOOOOOOOOOO nice!!!!!!!!!!!! I really like their house, very classy-ish... =D

The barbecue was good, food was good, the whole thing was pretty good! Joel, a guy, is so hilarious, I kept laughing. =)

And I found out today that he's actually the same age as me!!!!!!!!! I couldn't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought he was like 17 or something. And he's only 14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =) hahaha...

Anyway I had fun yesterday!

Boat House in Apollo Bay

Came back from the Great Ocean Road and Apollo Bay on Friday evening!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong journey to and fro... =(

So we were supposed to leave the house at 6 in the morning on Thursday. But we were 20 mins late. =) It was a four hour drive to Geelong, and we had breakfast there.

After that we continued our journey to Apollo Bay, where we stayed in a nice boathouse!!!!!!!!!!! =) It's so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The living room and kitchen is upstairs while the bedrooms and toilet are downstairs. =)

We only stayed for one night so there wasn't time to explore the grounds. =(

Oh, and we had a FIRE!!!!!! I mean there was this fire thingy, I don't think it's a fireplace, it's some stove thingy that you can build a fire in I think. =) It was so funny because everytime we tried to build one, later it will die down. =) So we ended up using the heater instead. =)

After we checked in the afternoon, we went to have lunch near-by, and later head for Treetop Hill Walk or something like that. We had a walk on top of the trees. =D

Then after that to see the 12 Apostles!!!!!!!!! But it was so dark by the time we got there, we could only see shapes... =(((((((((((( That was one sad thing.... =((((((((

Anyway later went back to Apollo Bay to have dinner, then to the Boat house!!!!!!!!!!!!! =)

I slept with an ELECTRIC BLANKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahaa...it was cool, although I was a bit afraid it will blow up or something. =) But I was super cold that I prefered to sleep with it rather than freeze.

Next day~

Rise and shine early!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was sooooooooo hard to get up!!!!!!!!!!!!! But we had to check out early, we had lunch at Geelong again. But all the way back there I was sick. The roads were so windy, I felt so sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know why I didn't have any problems on the way there, instead I had problems on the way back. =(  By the time we reached Geelong, I didn't even want to eat...and we were supposed to go to an all you can eat place again!!!!!!!!!!!!

I told Roshy, my cousin, that she can eat my share... =D

But apparently the all you can eat place close down and it's now a nightclub. =D
So we went to Hungry Jaçk's instead!!!!!! It's like a Burger King in Malaysia. =) And guess what, I got back my appetite by the time we reached at Hungry Jaçk's!!!!!!!!!!! =) But I couldn't eat  much though.

Finally, heading home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We watched 2012 and Music and Lyrics on the way back. It was good...=D

Then we stopped at Safeway, a supermarket, to buy our dinner things. =D

Came back and Uncle Jeff started dinner. =D
It was good to be home!!!!!!!!!!!!


Charissa

Great Ocean Road

Going to the Great Ocean Road tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! First sight-seeing day...!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've forgotten what exactly are we going to do, but quite a few things tomorrow. We're going to stay overnight at some villa...=)

Leaving the house at 6 tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAA it's too early!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have to sleep now
Charissa

Eastland, and Sofia's!

Went to Eastland yesterday!!!!!!!! A big shopping mall place!!!!!!!!!! Bought a couple of stuff at Smiggle's...they sell stationary, and really cool stationary!!!!!!!!! They have one place all yellow stuff, another all purple, then green, then blue, pink, black, etc...=D And they have unique stuff in there...=D

Later we went to Sofia's for dinner. Another all you can eat pizza and pasta family restaurant. Only thing is, they will serve you instead of you helping yourself...=)

It was a long journey to Eastland and back...=)

Charissa

L's, MidValley, Spotlight, Don Louise

This blog post is for two days ago, which was Monday. =)

Roshy went to go for her L's Test, while the rest of us went to MidValley, a shopping mall place...=D

I bought a ball of yarn at Big W's...=D

And guess what, ROSHY GOT HER L'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a driving test thingy, over here. And she can take it when she's 16!!!!!!

Anyway, after that, we went to SPOTLIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a craft shop, and it's an AWESOME PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were having a sale, and the yarns were SUPER SUPER CHEAP!!!!!!!

They were all 50% off!!!!!!!!!!! The cotton yarns are soooooooooo cheap!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like 1/3 of the price in Malaysia and there are many more cool colors...=)

The cloths there are pretty but quite expensive still. =( I bought some though...=)

I spent two hours in that shop, and the rest were all getting bored...hahahaaa...I could stay in there for ages!!!!!!!!!! I didn't even see everything I wanted to see... =( There wasn't any time...=(((
Anyway, we went to Don Louise for dinner. It's an all you can eat pasta and pizza restaurant!!!! The food there is YUMMYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Charissa

Cold, Shaking Experience

On Sunday evening, at church, I had a terrible experience.

I was feeling SUPER SUPER SUPER COLDDDDDDDDD. And I had this nauseous feeling. I decided to go to the bathroom. Came out later, chilled even more because the bathroom was freezingly cold. =)

My legs started shaking, I couldn't walk properly. Suddenly I felt like I couldn't feel my legs. My whole body was shaking, all the way home.

I was too cold. That was the reason why I felt like puking. Mummy said that my stomach was too cold. =( Anyway she said it was also my fault that I didn't take care of my body... =D

Anyway I'm ok already. Thank you God for healing me and for teaching me a lesson!!!!!!!

Charissa

CIty Life Church, Cuckoo's~~

Went to City Life Church, the Loh's old church that they used to go to, but it's 2 hours from where they are staying, and it's super far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol...

After that we headed to Cuckoo's a buffet place, a place on a mountain and it's super cold up there!!!!!!!! =D The food was great!!!!!!! Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures, hahaha...forgot all about taking any. =D The desserts were AWESOMEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had 2 mousses, few slices of cakes, plenty of strawberries, and so on...

They had a show thingy later, and it was so funny!!!!!!!!!! Especially when Uncle Jeff got chosen again!!!!!!! Roshy says that everytime he goes there he will always be picked to yoddle!!!!!!!!!!! =D It's so funny...he's getting really tired with it...he tried to hide but to no avail..=D

Anyway, it was a fun experience, but coming back to a SUPER COLD HOUSE wasn't nice at all because they didn't switch on the heater...=D

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Charissa

48-year-old DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy 48th Birthday DADDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May God continue to bless you and be with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love you,
Charissa

16-year-old ROSHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday ROSHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're 16!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I can't believe that you can drive soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

I love you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3<3<3<3

Thanks for all your funny things, cuddles, hugs, love, etc...

May God  continue to bless you and be with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you like your presents!!!!

Your "8-year-old cousin,"
Charissa

AUSTRALIA~~Freezing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plane ride was TERRIBLE...at first when it was going up in the air, there was a bit of pressure in my ears but it wasn't that bad...=)

Anyway, after like 1 hour on the plane, we decided to buy the e-players...we got one each, but it wasn't that nice because it was a bit boring...it didn't have much on it...=) I got bored with the movies because it was boring and it wasn't nice at all...so I ended up listening to songs instead...=) For so many hours!!!! hahaha...

OH and the toilets on the plane are sooooooooooooo cool!!!!!!!!!! But it's pretty narrow...hahaha...everything is so compact and cute..=)

Plane arrived on time, 9:30 pm Malaysian time, but 11:30pm Australian time. So it was actually very late for my cousins and Uncle especially because my Uncle had to teach the next day...=)

Thank God we didn't have any problems with the Customs and our booking and stuff like that. =)

When we landed, it was announced on the plane that the temperature outside was 7 degrees celsius! Later on the way to my cousins'place, (it's two hours from the airport) the temperature went down all the way to 2 DEGREES CELSIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was freezing!!!!!!!!! I managed to take a nap in the car but it was quite a long journey..

By the time we went to sleep was like maybe 4:30 or 5 am in Australian time???? Because we had a bit to eat first...it was funny..=)

Woke up at 7 something in the morning in Malaysian time which was 9 something in the morning in Australian time...and my cousin told me it was too early...and that I was a crazy kid...=D But I couldn't help it! I wasn't sleepy anymore, and the funny thing is I'm usually the one who CAN'T GET UP...=D That's really funny...

But I didn't wanna go out just in case Mary the dog came in to the room, so I was stuck in Roshy's room looking for something to do. I wanted my BIBLE but I thought it was in the other bag outside. So I decided to read a book. LEFT BEHIND KIDS SERIES!!!!!!!! But I got so confused as to where each book stops in that one big book so I put it down and later I decided to check the bag pack in our room and I actually found my BIBLE!!!!! So I did devotion and after that both Roshy and Jie were awake but they still wanted to sleep. Then Roshy got a phone call and that was the end of her sleep...=D

Anyway later I got really cold so I snuggled back into bed but we didn't sleep...by the time we really GOT OUT OF BED it was already 12 something in Australian time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

Btw, it was so cold that I slept with a long-sleeved top, a jacket with a hood, thick pants, socks, and gloves...and Roshy was like giving us a look that said, "YOU'RE CRAZY!!!!!!!!" =D

Anyway I'm right now sitting on the couch next to Roshy, using the internet, and full from a very good dinner that had Roshy's mash potatoes and Raph's sausages!!!!!!!!!!! It was yummy!!!!!! =D

zzzzzzz
Charissa

p.s. We walked to Roshy's school today...=D It was cool!!!!