Perth trip (4th instalment)

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This is my fourth instalment and by far the most interesting one.

Let me give you a hint why so. What is it about Australia that you must not miss? If you miss this, then you've not been to Australia.

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KANGAROO!!!!!

To see kangaroos and co, we went to Caversham Wildlife Farm in Swan Valley. The entrance fee per adult is AUD22 but for me, it's free of charge.

At first, Daddy and Mummy guided me to sayang sayang the kangaroo.

But, pretty soon, I warmed up to the very friendly mammals.

I like them so much and followed them everywhere just like a fan stalking her favourite celebrity.

Yes, I am a stalker, not any kind of stalker, but a KANGAROO STALKER.

See my video with a kangaroo below.

This kangaroo is special, because it's white in colour.

And when finally Daddy and Mummy decided to move on to other animals, I showed my displeasure.

Yeah... by standing in front of the kangaroo gate, refusing to go and wailing non-stop.

OK lah, after a while I gave up. But what happened next wasn't any short of excitement. An ang moh uncle brought out a black baby sheep out from its enclosure just for me to play with. See video below...

He even let me feed the sheep with milk.

Other than kangaroo, another animal that you musn't miss in Australia is koala bear. Yeah, the lazy looking but very very cute bear!

Of course, there are lots of other animals in the farm, but some of them are very common and can be found easily in tropical countries like Singapore and Malaysia.

But some others that are not so common to us include...

TASMANIA DEVIL

If you somehow find the name familiar but don't know where you heard it from, let me remind you through this picture.

Yeah, that's the Tasmania Devil character from Warner Bros who keeps spinning and spinning. Just like its cartoon character, the real tasmania devil is also hyper-active and kept running non-stop. Yes, running... not spinning.

Next... WOMBAT

which looks like a cross-breed between a bear, a rat and a sea lion. Is that even possible?

Next, LLAMA

which looks like a cross-breed between horse, sheep and camel.

OK, finally, a reptile - dunno what is it. It's nothing special. But because I touched it, then I have to blog about it. hehe.

I went home a very happy girl that day. I have no doubt that the kangaroos have left a deep impression in me, that I kept asking for kangaroo at night before I went to bed.

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Happy Mooncake Festival

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HAPPY MOONCAKE FESTIVAL.

Some people calls it MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL.

This is not my first Mooncake Festival, but this is the first time I celebrate Mooncake Festival with customary playing of lattern.

Ah ma bought my first lattern - a butterfly lattern operated by batteries Thank you ah ma.


So, on Saturday night, off I went with the lattern in my hand. You can see me grinning ear to ear.

Then, I met two jie jies who were also playing latterns under the watchful eyes of their parents... just like Daddy and Mummy.

The two jie jies were having traditional latterns, with real candles in them. How envious I was.

But then, true to the saying, the grass is greener on the other side, the younger jie jie said to her parents "Look! Mei mei (that's me) 's lattern has music in it. I also want!".

Hehe...

Wonder what her mother told her? The classic answer, "Never mind, just listen to mei mei's music, can oledi"

We later ventured further down and we met a larger group of people playing latterns. Now, they are more creative. Some used candles only and some other played firecrackers.

Hope you enjoyed your Mooncake Festival, because I certainly did.

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Perth trip (3rd Instalment)

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On our third day, we took a train to Fremantle which is about 25 minutes away from the Perth city.




This is me with Mummy, wai gong and wai po in Fremantle. Of course Daddy also lah, but he's not in the picture because he was the photographer.


Fremantle has some unique buildings such as these;

- A pub

- DOME - something similar to Starbuck

One popular attraction in Fremantle is its market, which is only open on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Another attraction is its picturesque harbour.

And near the harbour, there is a restaurant that claims itself as WA's No 1 Fish & Chip (WA stands for Western Australia). Woah... like dat, die die must try, said Mummy. Actually hor, we'd already taken our lunch, but this one is WA's number 1 leh, so must kiasu a bit.

So, Daddy bought a piece of fish without fries and that cost Daddy AUD8.95 - that's pretty expensive.

When we were done with Fremantle, we decided to take a ferry to South Perth, as the family tickets we bought include the ferry ride.

Just like airplane, this was the first time I took ferry.

It's even better when there was this kind ang moh je je who gave me her poodle dog ballon. Yeah, I am a fanatic collector of ballons.

And finally we reached South Perth. This is a picture of me, Mummy and Daddy at the waterfront of South Perth, overlooking the Swan River with Perth City at the background.

I had some fun running about near the waterfront, together with Mummy, as shown in the picture below. Eh, does the picture remind you anything?

Lets see..

Yeah, I am Mummy's Mini Me.

Mini Me is mischievous... so am I.

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Righteousness

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Today, I did something Daddy and Mummy are so proud of me (and amused at the same time).

We were at Chong Pang City. While Daddy was queuing to buy soya bean milk, I was with Mummy near the sheltered area where lots of parents and kids were around. My attention was drawn to one di di, who is just a few days younger than me. He had a ball in his hand. He was so nice to share the ball with me, after his mum urged him to do so. So, I bounced the ball a few times and then handed back to him. He, in turn, bounced it a few times, and then passed to me. And the process repeated a few times. Then came another di di wanting to join. So, the first di di gave the ball to the second di di. What happened next was the second di di took the ball and never returned. Sensing that the second di di was not going to return, I confronted him and tried to get the ball from him. He refused and I shrieked! Taken aback by my screaming, he let go. So I took the ball and gave back to the first di di. Oh yeah, don't mess with me. Hell hath no fury than a woman scorned.

On a brighter note, I have a new pair of shoes! Mummy bought it for SGD9.90 and I think it's a steal.

It's very nice and look, it lights up everytime I walk. Cool!

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