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My journey in discovering myself in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia while fulfilling my dream to study overseas.

The Royal Adelaide Show 2011 â€“ Part 7

September 20, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

The final of The Royal Adelaide Show 2011.

I’m not going to say much, I’ll just show you the photos.

Coon Toastie for AUD2, hehehe… I used to do this back home. It’s two slices of toasted bread with cheese in the middle.

Left: My friend’s dinner, forgot what was it ;p A type of curry with Basmati rice (AUD12.50).
Right: My garlic naan (AUD3.50), not bad, I like it. I guess maybe because I was hungry so anything taste good to me ;p

Left: Live band.
Right: Car show which I didn’t go in because nothing interesting there for me as there’s really nothing special, it’s just like what you see in Kuching.

Another hall with more to see…

Left: Can you spot a person sitting there? Hehehe… I didn’t know, didn’t even notice until my friend told me.
Right: There’s many government departments showcasing their services there too.

Left: Children coukd sit in the fire engine with the hat and had their photos taken by their parents. The hat wold be given free to them.
Right: Ambulance corner.

Organic food for the health conscious.

Some random booths.

Lots of toys too. This year the bubble guns was a hit! It’s everywhere!

Left: The stage performance at night.
Right: The turkey leg, 2 for AUD10! So yummy!

Parade.

Lots of Showbags!

Left: This is where I got mine, Cleo’s showbag.
Right: Some random stall again.

Left: Before the firworks started, some stunts were performed. It’s quite dangerous, the debris hit my nose -.-” Luckily not my eyes.
Right: Can you spot the motorbike mid air?

After the fireworks, my friends went for the rides. I didn’t because it’s quite expensive. Also, I’m not interested to go on any of them ;p unless if I’m 10 years younger hahaha…

That’s the end of my almost-11-hours at The Show post.

So many pending posts, food, places of interests, friends, and events.

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The Royal Adelaide Show 2011 â€“ Part 6

September 19, 2011September 20, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

Still a lot! Hahaha… I think I’ll just let the photo do the talking…

I tasted so many types of cheese and yoghurt here! My favourite section. Was so full after tasting so many. By the way, there’s no sampling for Mini Melts though.

Here comes the dogs!

So many of them. A hall full of them.

Left: Some stage show.
Right: Farm walk where you see many types of farm animals.

First time saw these animals up-close and personal.

There’s corner for children and a corner for food.

More to come…

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Crazy Days

September 18, 2011September 19, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

All right! I thought I will be posting more often after exam or have time to sit down to compile my photos but I had been fully occupied since Friday!

Now, it’s already Sunday 1.15am! It’s my very first time staying out soooooooooo late outside and sleeping only few hours and then continued with my fun activities.

Let’s see… Friday:
8pm – Dinner and dessert
11pm – Drink (just a bit of red wine) at friend’s house before heading out for clubbing

Saturday:
12am – Headed out for club hopping: Swish -> Heaven -> McD(went there for soft drink and some of them had breakfast at 3am!) -> Lavish (not drinking even a bit at all the clubs!)
5am – Headed to friend’s house (a bit of red wine)
5.30am – Home!
6am – Slept!
11am – Woke up
11.45am – Adelaide Hills -> Barossa (lots of wine – red, white, moscato)
7.30pm – Accompanied my friend while waiting for her friends for pre-drinking session in her apartment. I didn’t go, I didn’t drink too.

Sunday:
1am – Home and had supper

The clubbing scene here is really different from M’sia. Smoking is totally not allowed inside. I LIKE! However, the music wasn’t good. Sorry to say that even Kuching has better DJs. So… It’s a good thing for me. I reached home not smelling like walking cigarette, so dead tired with painful feet (wore high heels walked from one end of the city to the other end!), removed my makeup and went straight to bed.

Will be going to Harbour Town later in noon. I guess that’s all and I’ll be going back to my normal routine *LOL* Supposed to be going for a trip to Kangaroo Island this coming Tuesday and Wednesday but the plan kept changing so I decided not to go. One week holiday… What should I do with it. Monday going for volunteer briefing, Wednesday and Thursday work, Sunday volunteer at Mawson Lakes campus. Then back to reality. So… Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday are empty! Must find something to do, cannot waste the holiday like this.

Now almost 1.30am, I haven’t shower! Should go now, then sleep.

Good night!

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The Royal Adelaide Show 2011 â€“ Part 5

September 16, 2011September 18, 2011 sweet surrender No Comments

Continue…

The crowd!!

There’s many winery there, I tried so many type of wines until my friends had to tell me to stop drinking or else they’ll have problem getting me out of there! Hehehe… I got no idea how much I drank but combine all of them I think it’s more than a glass. Luckily no allergy reaction. Ok… Hmmm… I used to get all the itch back home from all these alcohol but here… I haven’t develop any. Don’t know it’s good or bad news. One thing for sure, me no fan of any type of alcohol.

There’s also the Cellar Door Experience but I didn’t join, other friends joined but the other friend and I decided not to join. Once I heard that we had to sit there for quite a bit of time, don’t remember how long, 45 minutes? 1 hour? I rather go out there and explore the other section of the The Show than sitting in one place. Besides, I’m not interested in it.

Left: Tried some olive.

Right: My very first time having lamington, sooooo sweeet. Took a photo with the mascot. My hand was holding the empty plastic cup for wine tasting ;p See… The weather was so warm that day that I was going around sleeveless!

Lots of food to sample. Sampled till full! 😉

Left: Machineries at The Show.

Bight: Bees found there too with its hive.

Animals could be found also. Rabbits!! Some were HUGE!

Fish.

Birds and cats.

More animal will come soon from domestic to farm animal.

To be continued…

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The Royal Adelaide Show 2011 â€“ Part 4

September 14, 2011September 14, 2011 sweet surrender 4 Comments

Finally got time to compose this post! Well… I went to the Royal Adelaide Show on the second day. It’s a Saturday, the crowd was huge!

Left: The entrance. It was at Showground where I had my exam last study period. Coming here felt as if like I’m going for exam hahaha…

Right: The Yellow Brick Road is where you could buy a bag with the map in there and later go to the booths with the signage to claim freebies! It’s only $10, pretty worth it, the things you’d get cost more than that but I didn’t buy it. A bit regret not buying it ;p

The Royal Adelaide Show also known as the Royal Show or simply The Show, is an annual agricultural show/fair held in Adelaide, South Australia that begins on the first Friday in September, or the last Friday in August, and runs for 9 days. It is held at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds, located in Wayville and is attended by thousands. It features food, rides, a Ferris wheel, competitions and animal races.
The Royal Show is primarily an opportunity for the State’s farmers to show examples of their livestock. There is Horticulture on display with the freshest fruit and vegetables. It also includes rides, competitions, demonstrations and food of all tastes (i.e. gourmet food as well as waffles, hot dogs, hot chips, sausage on a stick, cinnamon donuts, sausages, sausage rolls, pies, pasties etc.) and styles.

It’s a big event here.

I’ll just let the photos do the talking…

So much to see!

Was there for about 10 hours! Walking and standing most of the time. Poor feet… Suffered a lot. So painful.

It’s a very interesting event, highly recommended to go. Even though people kept saying that every year it’s the same, still they go every year because Adelaide is just like Kuching hahaha… Not much big events going on, once there is, everyone will be flocking there.

Didn’t go on any ride though, quite expensive.

Had our lunch, Dagwood Dogs aka corn dog. There’s foot long one but I went for the 6-inch one which cost $5. So filling! Really cannot underestimate it. I thought I won’t be full eating it. Taste? It was okay. What do you expect? Basically, it’s just a sausage in a stick fried in batter.

Left: My friend bought this fries, don’t remember the name. I think it’s called Potato “something”. Very expensive! $9!! It tasted good but very oily.