May 16
Living In the Ocean Sleep Over Camp in Sentosa
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Yes the name of this camp is really long, but it is very cool ok! It is cool because my company organized it for us to bring children from a special organization called Club Rainbow to this camp so that we can have fun and do some sort of charity work by bringing a smile to these poor children! These children suffer from a range of chronic or life-threatening illnesses and their parents have signed them up for this organization so they can hang out with children who have similar problems and will understand each other.

Because i have my favourite colleaguesfriends too, i shall only feature their faces (or mostly so) because it makes me happy to see their happy faces. HAHA. The itinerary of this camp is totally suitable for kids in primary school ok, let me show you!

Day 1
 6.00 pm  Welcome to Underwater World Singapore
 6.15 pm  Educational marine life talk
 6.45 pm  Dinner
 7.30 pm  Underwater World Discovery Tour
 8.30 pm  Songs of The Sea or Amazing Race/ Quiz
 9.30 pm  Show and Munchies Time
 11.30 pm  Wash up and Bedtime
Day 2
 7.00 am  Wake up and Wash up
 8.00 am  Breakfast
 8.45 am  Ocean games and Quiz
 9.15 am  Talk by Marine Mammal Trainer
Interactions with the Marine Mammal
 11.00 am  Meet-The-Dolphins Session
 11.15 am  Prize Giving (for ocean quiz)
 12 noon  Wave Goodbye to our Marine Friends!

 

But because i have not been to Underwater world for so long, and we get to watch Songs of the Sea (which i haven’t watch before) and we get to meet the pink dolphins, this camp is damn cool ok! :B These are the kids that were assigned to me. In such events, Club Rainbow will encourage their siblings to join too so that they can bond and have each other’s company. So in this case, my little boy did not have any kind of illness. At the end of the 2nd day, i was closer to him than his sister because she always ran off to her 2 friends who were under the care of another colleague. Let’s call him Little Xian.

 

This kid, let’s call him Little B, is only 10 but he is a walking encyclopedia! Brandon (dude next to Little B) says Little B is a walking Discovery Channel + National Geographic.

 

This Little B is one brat. HA! he may be damn smart but he lies too. He thinks we don’t know but HELLO WE CAN SEE THROUGH YOUR LIES OKAY. This is one example, he claimed that he loved snakes and wasn’t afraid of them but look at my fantastic paparazzi shot! hurhur i am so evil. but it’s ok. all of us lie when we were kids. it’s normal.

 

Because carrying a snake is free but snapping someone who’s carrying it wasn’t i had to snap a bit more, this time getting closer to this disgusting scaley thing. Though i was afraid, i tried to carry the snake too cos it didn’t cost. I was trying hard not to scream and run away, because the head of the snake was sliding across my back while i was trying to handle its heavy weight! The snake-keeper must have thought that it was funny by placing the snake one more time around my shoulders.

 

Songs of the Sea wasn’t exactly very near our camp site so we had to take one of those shuttle buses. We were practically like nannies man. When these kids start to play Tap Tap Revenge, they do not give a shit of their lack of balance in a moving bus! So the adults have to hold them to keep them steady.

 

We also have the rowdy boys in the group. They are like the bullies that little kids fear. And my friend Brandon is damn smart i tell you, because we were all so tired of getting them to be less noisy and stuff, he made them challenge each other in the SEE-WHO-TALK-FIRST-WHO-LOSE game that all kids play. And they were dead serious about it! Neither wanted to lose, and it sometimes became a bit violent because all the staring has to get somewhere right? But Brandon was a good guardian, he always ensure that Little B is not touched by the rowdy boys. (Y)

 

Songs of the Sea is quite nice i feel! I’ve never watched such a show before, that features all these lights and water fountain and pattern thingies so it’s an eye-opener! Sometimes i am in awe of all these water patterns when it is combined with the lights. Let me show you

 

We went back to Underwater World after the show for a guided tour! This little blue crab is soooo cute right?

 

This lazy shark was just lying on the glass panel okay.

 

One bloody ugly ass huge fish!

 

These are my favourite friends that made my time in the office super enjoyable! i will see them soon.

 

Food was provided throughout the camp, buffet style! Dinner, supper and breakfast! This is the area where we head to for our meals. Had to snap one with my favourite boys!

 

It’s the morning of Day 2 now. My camera’s all foggy because i slept right below the jelly fish tank in the Underwater World and it is too cold there. Le sigh.
This is Ryan trying to take the whole tray of horrrrdogs away, or so he thinks!

 

This is all of us before we get to snap a picture with the sea lion! Snapping with the sea lion will cost you $16 during the dolphin show, but because we are part of this cool camp, all of us get to snap with it for free with our own cameras!

 

Before that happened, we were given a little facts talk by their cute trainer called Johnson. He looks cuter in person okay (nods earnestly) and that is him telling us that they feed their pink dolphins 5 times a day at those times of the day. Euang Splash Speedy Pann Pet and Han are the names of the 6 pink dolphins they have. If they feed them during the shows to encourage them to do well, and feed them another 5 other times during the day, means they are well fed right? Those activists should take a chill pill ok. Even if the 5 times that they are fed are only during the dolphin shows, you get fed 5 times a day man! That’s a better lifestyle than us humans! Plus these trainers weigh the dolphins everyday to ensure that they are healthy and all. Also, Pink Dolphins are born grey, and they shed their grey to reveal the pink as they age. Cool right i also want to shed to be an angmoh as i age.

 

After our mini preview, we were given an hour to spend it on our own! Here’s the kids trying to get the fish to spit at them. Literally. My poor memory doesn’t recall the name of this cool fish, which spits at its prey to “shoot” them down into the waters.

 

How can you hang out at Sentosa without heading to the beach at all? This is what cool adults like us do during our free time.. oh btw that is Jinna with her little girl but she is not very little. She is a mature and older kid and very easy to handle. So easy until she gets to hang with the adults like us. (Y)

 

So it is time for the dolphin show and my colleague had the opportunity to snap with the dolphin. Lucky guy!

 

These sea lions are really smart! And they can balance their weight better than most of us, even though they do not have to squeeze in trains that stop every other minute.

 

And this marks the end of the cool camp! Must snap with Little J before i go! He is TOO cute ok. and he is not selfish with his kisses. But he’s only 4 so he doesn’t really know what he is doing. hahahahaha. Our conversation below can repeat like 4 times during the entire camp because he has almost no memory.

 

me: hello J, what’s my name?
J: I don’t know
me: you can call me Mel jiejie. so what’s my name, J?
J: Meow jiejie

 

MEOW JIEJIE. So cute right! and Everytime i ask him what’s my name, he forgets.

 

 

That is J with his older sis. I asked her if i can take a photo of her, she shook her head in disagreement. Then i was like “take one shot for jie jie can?” then she will nod because it is for ME. Didn’t i ask the same question? So cute right these 2!

 

 

Because we didn’t get to sleep much, maybe only 3-4 hours because we adults did better things like snack and chit chat after lights off, so the 6pm-12pm schedule seemed like a week. But all of us had a lot of fun! Maybe except for Ryan because his little kid was a terror! Will recommend this programme for companies who are brainstorming for off-work activities for their employees. you get to have fun and make kids happy at the same time! It was really heartwarming! So 4 of us will be going back in June to help out at the next activity. If you are keen to help out, do drop them an email at their Club Rainbow page! Till then, i will update again!


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May 13
The Tasmania travelogue is not completed!
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Have been really busy since i returned from my Tasmania trip 2 months back. But i’m not done with the travelogue! All i want to do is to jump right into blogging about my favourite place in Tasmania which is the Salamanca Market (that is only opened on Saturday mornings, located in Hobart) but i must be disciplined!

So while im still preparing my photos for the travelogue, here’s a preview of one that i snapped with Ceci after purchasing a lavendar-smelling bear! I think i look super pretty in this picture. From how the wind was blowing at my hair, to my outfit (layering! how i wish we could do this in Singapore), to a picture-perfect smile which i cannot capture at every picture.

Ok i shall be diligent and work on my photos after im back from my mothers’ day dinner!

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i love this photo so much that i dont care that i look super unglam holding a plastic bag. But you will not notice that bag until i’ve mentioned right? so yes. haha


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May 10
Golden Village @ Jurong Point
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HELLO ALL OF YOU. i am now free from my obligations of a useful citizen of society, well at least for the next 3 weeks! I am so done with the contract at my previous job and one way to celebrate is to catch a movie kindly organized by omy.sg! The past few weeks before i terminated my duties were dead awful, with the workload piling higher and higher.

So if you did not know, Golden Village at Jurong Point has re-opened after their $4.5 million renovation since 1st of May! With the renovation done, GV at JP now offers increased leg room and better view from every seat since they introduced stadium seating, which makes it on par with the GV at Vivocity!

Thank God i was able to get hold of a pair of tickets for the opening because it was none other than Marvel’s The Avengers! I know friends who have made advance booking for The Avengers more than a week before it debut, yet i could be among one of the first few in Singapore to watch the movie, all thanks goes to omy.sg and GV!

 

So this is how the day went, i had to collect my tickets at the omy.sg booth first

 

Free seating ya’ll!

 

Was informed that we could redeem our free magnum miniS at the popcorn counter! woopeedoo!
my other half is getting many good response about his pink floyd tshirt on facebook now. hahahahaha (Y)

 

 this extra leg room is for reeeaalll people! my other half is 1.8m tall ok and look at all the space for his super long legs!

 

So i decided to head out again to get myself a drink because i didn’t really like the idea of being thirsty for a whole 130 minutes and guess who i saw happily snapping with the public!
I always liked this DJ. And now that he is famous for cross-dressing as Auntie Lucy, this is good for him! Did you know? That he was in quite a huge debt because of his previous business ventures and suddenly getting all these endorsements for Auntie Lucy has made him earn enough to pay back all those debts! at least a hundred grands okay! So, good on him! (:

 

and so while i was entering the theatres again, so was shim! (haha) snap only la!

 

Before the movie started, all of us had to recite this slogan thingy for the camera guy, with Auntie Lucy being the highlight of course. It was about GV Jurong Point’s grand re-opening sorta thing. This is just like a private screening. once the lights went off, the movie started, absolutely not one commercial! Cool beans!

 

Anyhows, GV Jurong Point is having some promotions to celebrate their re-opening and these promotions ends on 23rd May! Do grab them while you can ya? (:

 

Mondays Free regular coke with purchase of 1 x large popcorn
Tuesdays $2 for 2 Cheesy Hotdog (U.P. $4)
Wednesdays All-day student pricing & $2 off on Nachos combo
Fridays & Saturdays Catch a weekend Late Night movie at GV Jurong Point and enjoy FREE parking!
Sundays Restaurant vouchers giveaway with tickets purchased to any session before 2pm!


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Mar 31
Longest Chairlift at the Cataract Gorge Reserve – Launceston, Tasmania
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Thanks to the contest organized by Tourism Tasmania, i won an all expenses paid trip to Tasmania under the blogger category and it was a trip of a lifetime! This was my first time to Tasmania and without a doubt i will say that i will be back again! This trip will not be possible if my other half didn’t help me get my leave approved because i was informed about this trip just 2 weeks before my date of departure. He’s really my God-sent angel! (:

 

This entry will be about the Cataract Gorge, which is the first destination upon my arrival at Tasmania. But before that is going to happen, for the benefit of those who have no idea where Tasmania is, I would like to share with you some information about Tasmania:

 

Tasmania (abbreviated as TAS, often called Tassie) is an Australian island and state. It is 240 kilometres (150 mi) south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania, the 26th largest island in the world, and the surrounding 334 islands.[7] The state has a population of 507,626 (as of June 2010), of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart precinct. Tasmania’s area is 68,401 square kilometres (26,410 sq mi), of which the main island covers 62,409 square kilometres (24,096 sq mi).[8]

 

Tasmania is promoted as the natural state, the “Island of Inspiration”,[9] and A World Apart, Not A World Away owing to its large and relatively unspoiled natural environment. Almost 37% of Tasmania lies in reserves, national parks and World Heritage Sites.[10] The island is 364 kilometres (226 mi) long from its northernmost to its southernmost points, and 306 kilometres (190 mi) from west to east.

Map of Australia with Tasmania highlighted

So you see, that little island off Australia’s mainland, that is Tasmania!

 

Besides it being my maiden flight out of Singapore alone, it’s also the first time I’m flying on a flight booked by someone (Jac, thank you SO MUCH for answering my endless questions!) I’ve never met before until a couple of days before the trip. I had no idea on the person that i was going to meet (which was Di) except that I’ve heard that she was a fantastic guide. Yeah i bet that was assuring (not), even with just her cell number. Honestly, it was quite nerve wrecking, but I’m glad i made that leap!

 

If you must know, Tourism Tasmania got me to Melbourne on Singapore Airlines and boy was i glad! One thing i know for sure was that Singapore Airlines has inflight entertainment and they were known for their excellent service so i know that i will be flying in distress! My favourite part of flying overnight in an SQ flight was that they served everyone a hot towel to calm ourselves down after the plane took off and before it landed. But you know, SQ flights aren’t cheap. Good service comes with a high price.

 

A high price allows you to have a magnum as dessert! I knew SQ flights serve ice cream for their desserts cos i saw a picture of it in my friend’s facebook albums before. But it was a CUP of ice cream. I wasn’t expecting this! Just too awesome!

 

 

The australian dollar is very strong now (good for you!) so it is pretty scary when it comes to spending because my buying power is so much lesser now. While i had 5 hours to spend while awaiting my domestic flight from Melbourne to Tasmania, i explored the melbourne airport a bit, actually more of hunting for food. That’s when i saw this awesome deal! Just AUD1!

 

 

 As I had to do frequent updates on Facebook, I was advised to purchase a pre-paid card and i got this! It cost me AUD30, contained 30 dollars of credit and has 400GB worth of data for me to use. 400GB?! i cannot even use up the 12GB of data that i pay for every month, i think this sim card can last me a lifetime! If you have an iphone and need a micro-sim, you should get this that comes in the RED pack. Do not get the one that says $2 and come in a blue pack. Those are for phones that uses normal sim card.

 

 

My domestic flight was on Virgin Blue. and i manage to snap a shot before i board it.

 

A quick snap before my Virgin Blue landed on Tasmanian land!

 

Very happy that i manage to snap a shot so quick and sharp when the plane landed. These planes lined the runway.

 

 They have no arrow bridge at the Launceston airport so we were advised to bring a jacket in case it was cold. All of us were expecting it to be colder than summer (some of them even brought winter jackets! HAHA) but when we landed it was a whooping 25 degC! We were told the temperature in mid March will be 8-20 degC depending on the time of the day but really, 25?! hai.

 

After meeting up with our fabulous guides, Di and Rose, we headed off to our first destination of the trip, the Cataract Gorge Reserve!

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As each pair of winners from the 4 countries were on a self-drive trip, they each rented a car for the trip. Hence, we had to get a parking ticket when we stopped by the Cataract Gorge Reserve for lunch. It wasn’t that expensive, somewhere around 3-5 AUD if my memory hasnt yet failed me :P That’s Di in the photo below, showing us how to display the ticket at the dashboard of the cars.

 

 

At the Cataract Gorge Reserve, one could take a ride on Launceston’s Basin Chairlift – the longest chairlift in the world!

 

Tasmania as a whole has a population slighly more than 500,000, but this Basin Chairlift has attracted 600,000 visitors annually. You can say this is one of the must-go places when you visit Tasmania as this tremendously long ride on the chairlift will let you catch a bird’s eye view of the scenery which im going to show you in pictures below.

 

The most expensive ticket for a ride across and back only cost you AUD 15. It will be cheaper for seniors and even cheaper for children below 15 years of age. For more information on the rates, you could check it out here

 

 

As time was not on our side, we did not have the chance to go for a ride on the chairlift and had to head to lunch.
the Basin Cafe is situated in the Cataract Gorge Reserve and has a splendid view of the chairlift and the Gorge. The photo below is snapped while i was in the Basin Cafe!

 

 

This is what we had for lunch and it was delicious, especially the squid! I had no idea it was squid at first. Thinking it was fried fish, i munched into it and thought it was too chewy for fish, but i didn’t believe it was squid because it was too tender! How can squid be this tender?! Never had this kinda squid in Singapore before, so fresh and juicy!

 

In the photo below, we have the winners from Malaysia – childhood friends Kenix and Rachel and winners from Singapore – PK & Joan. The view you get to see when you dine at the Basin Cafe is really wonderful too.

 

After lunch, we begin on our short walk around the Gorge.

 

Huge pool for you to soak in, while absorbing all the greenery around you!

 

You see that suspension bridge on the left? That’s where I’m heading to, then going round the Gorge and coming back on the right.

 

Tasmania is all about being green and protecting their natural environment and is something that the entire world should follow suit, i reckon.

 

I will be back for sure to take a ride on the longest chairlift in the world!
I am currently still uploading the photos in my Facebook so if you would like to take a look you could check it out at my page by clicking here! (:

 

More information:

Mark Hankinson
The Basin Cafe
Cataract Gorge Reserve, Launceston
P.O. Box 481, Launceston 7250
Ph: 03 6331 5222
Fax: 03 6334 2564
www.launcestoncataractgorge.com.au

 


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Mar 27
I AM ON THE SUN DAILY NEWS!
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Ceci, a new (and extremely lovable) friend that I’ve made during this Tasmania trip shared with me today that my face was on The Sun Daily News, their local newspaper in Hong Kong!

I do not have any good shots of myself feeding the kangaroos because I was too busy having fun feeding these marsupials! I remembered Chiu, the journalist from Hong Kong, snapping away!

Here’s a couple of pictures of all the fun we had while in Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary!

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Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary is a definitely must-go when you are in Tasmania! It is total fun for everyone of all ages! I will blog more about it when my pictures are ready to be uploaded! In the meantime, Ceci has been blogging about her experience on this trip to Tasmania too and if you have no issues reading Chinese characters then do drop by her blog! She has some beautiful pictures posted there too :)

Information:

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary
http://www.bonorong.com.au/
593 Briggs Road, Brighton
Phone: (03) 6268 1184
Fax: (03) 6268 1811

Location:


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Mar 24
老伴豆花 Lao Ban soya beancurd at Raffles Place
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If you haven’t heard, Lao Ban has a new outlet at the heart of the Central Business District in Singapore!

On Thursday, their beancurd (also known as tau huey) sold out at 1pm, got restocked at 4pm and this is the queue I saw at 5pm! It’s amazingly long! Don’t these people have to work?

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I haven’t had the chance to give it a try but I’ve heard raves about it! Hoping to get my hands on one next week! :)

Soya beancurd has recently gone viral and it’s a must-have for a lot of Singaporeans. There are many similar stalls selling soya beancurd these days. Which is your favourite?

Location:
One Raffles Place
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Mar 19
Highlights of Day 6 in Tasmania
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It was a short day today because some of us had a flight to catch later in the afternoon, but it was still pretty fruitful.

We stopped by Kate’s Berry Farm for a quick bite before we joined the rest at the Barilla Bay oyster farm. Got to check out where they rear their oysters and the process on how they clean it before tasting some of those fresh oysters during lunch

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Last but not least, we took a short drive to Tas Live Abalone to take a look at how they rear their abalone and watch the chef whip up 2 different ways of cooking abalones; the Asian and the Western way. The Asian way is to slice up the abalone before it’s being cooked. The Western way is to cook it like how you cook a steak, which is to cook it whole before dicing it up while it is in the pan. Personally I preferred the western way more as the abalone was more flavourful and chewy than the one cooked in the Asian way.

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So that basically marks the end of my Tasmania adventure! Wanna thank God for this blessing and Tourism Tasmania for giving me this opportunity to feel like a travel blogger! :)

Do look forward to the rest of my entries as I write about the trip in detail. Bye for now, as i’m going to board the plane to Singapore in a bit!


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Mar 18
Highlights of day 5 in Tasmania
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There wasnt much on the schedule today. We spent a good half of the day travelling from Wrest Point in Hobart all the way to Freycinet Lodge in Coles Bay.

This was the view from my room before we checked out. So glad my room was facing the sunrise!
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We did a pit stop at Richmond to take a look at one of the oldest bridges and churches

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Then we moved on from Richmond to the Freycinet Lodge at Coles Bay. We reached at 1pm! Must be really hard on all the drivers who drove today!

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Rosemary, our guide, brought us to a few scenic spots around Coles Bay for us to snap pictures of. First she brought us to the beach at the Fisheries and the lookout that allows you to view the Tasman Sea. It was absolutely breathtaking!

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Then we joined the rest of the group to drive a short distance away to do a walk at the Wineglass Bay circuit. It was a 40min hike to get to the top. This is one of the extremely few national parks in the world to have a place for lodging situated in the national park itself.

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Spotted a Bennetts wallaby at the carpark! Adorable or what? :)

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Then we went back to Freycinet Lodge to check in and this was the view from the back of the lobby. Credits to Wilson from Places and Foods for the photo below!

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I’ve never stayed in a lodge with individual cabins before so I was expecting to sleep in a little wooden hut from the looks of the cabins. My cabin was located at the extreme far end from the lobby and it required a good 10 minutes brisk walk to get there. This was what it looked like from the outside.

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Now, check out the inside! The interior looks so modern and really cosy! I snapped this when I was on the 2 seated couch.

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I snapped this when I was on the bed!

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Check out my awesome toilet! There’s both a shower cubicle and a tub! And this tub has a jacuzzi! The tub at Cradle Mountain didnt have any bubbles coming out from the side of the tub but this has it! SO AWESOME!

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So we went back to the lobby for our dinner and got a nice view of the sunset!

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This shot is kinda blur cos I snapped this off the display screen of my digital camera but I was so happy of this shot that I couldn’t wait. Love this jumpshot a lot!

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Mar 17
Highlights of Day 4 in Tasmania
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Quick update on my 4th day in Tasmania with pics that I snapped with my iphone 4s and they are unedited FYI.

We had an early start like any other day and we headed to the Salamanca Market where the locals will set up tents from 8.30am to 3pm to sell all their handmade crafts. They range from handmade jewellery to ornaments made with metal from cans to handblown perfume bottles! The weather was cool and it was so much fun to walk down the street just looking at what the booths had to offer!
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Buskers decked the streets too and I found this one to be one of the more talented and interesting ones!

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This is one of my favourite buys from all that i’ve bought from the Salamanca market! It’s a ring that has been made out of a shell! Super cool design on the other side of the ring as shown below! And guess how much the ring cost me? AUD 3!

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Then we headed to Sorell fruit farm to handpick some fruits to eat, and the 4 pairs of winners had a challenge to pick different kinds of fruits of different quantities around the farm. Yes the winners still had a couple more challenges during this trip to crown the ultimate winner!

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Got this pic off Places and Foods‘ Facebook page. It was so much find eating all the fruits that we plucked! Definitely a great stop for families who are touring Tasmania on their own!

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After lunch at a Chinese restaurant, we headed to Etos Eat Drink for some tapas! The place is really cool with all the brick walls and chic interior design. More pics when I upload more photos from my digi camera!

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It even has a cool store next door that sells a lot of funky stuff! Mighty Tags were selling for just AUD 5 for a pack of 10! This is extremely cheap! Got a couple of decorative cute stuff for keys. Think the guitar body one is a pretty cool idea! Makes your key look like a guitar!

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Moving on, we headed to Sweet Envy for some cakes and drinks!

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Headed to the Constitution Dock next to give some of the seafood, that they sold, a try!

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The raw oysters were to die for! The oysters that I ate back home were always fishy but this was really tasty and fresh! Love it so much!

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Last but not the least, we headed to Lark Distillery to try the whiskey that they make themselves!

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Before we ended the day with dinner, I snapped a shot from the window of my room. Isn’t it lovely? Then you should stay at Wrest Point when you visit Hobart, Tasmania!

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Walked a couple of minutes off the hotel to snap some photos of the boats at the docks. Don’t they look so pretty?

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More updates tomorrow! :)


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Mar 16
Highlights of Day 3 in Tasmania
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Just a quick update on my iphone 4S on the trip so far. Temperature in the morning on Cradle Mountain was around 10 or below but as we got back down nearer to sea level it got warmer again.

We travelled down to Chudleigh to visit the Honey Farm. It was a shop selling honey that they manufacture themselves and imported honey skincare. Went on a crazy shopping spree, as you can see. Definitely a place to visit, I’d say!
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Then we moved on to Evandale to have our lunch at Gourmet Sauces Company! They make all the sauces on their own and they are actively expanding in Asia. In Singapore you could find some of their sauces in NTUC Finest! :)

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We had the chance to try a taste of the sauces and all of us got a bit on our plates! :)

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Moving on, we headed to a town called Ross, and we tried scallop pies at Ross Bakery Inn. It is a must-try when you are in Tasmania cos you cannot get it elsewhere! Just imagine chicken pie but instead of chicken you get super fresh and tasty scallops!

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Walked around the street a bit and it was beautiful. The town was very different from what you see in Singapore. Here, the weather is cooling and windy, roads are wide with little cars, the place’s very scarcely populated, and everyone seems so relax and happy!

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Last stop for the day, we headed to the Bonorong Park to view some of the native wildlife and got to feed the kangaroos! The wombats and koalas were super cute too! This is such a happy place! Everyone was this close to grabbing a wombat and koala to hug but we couldn’t, but feeding the kangys was super fun! I got a video in my digi cam of 2 kangaroos hitting each other none stop, hilarious! Upload that when I get home!

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