Category: Finding Myself – Adelaide

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

Chinese New Year in Adelaide

February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 sweet surrender No Comments

I know… I’ve gone missing for more than a week! It’s been soooo looong… I’m still alive! Every time when I wanted to update the blog, the server would be down. That made it’s even harder to update. Furthermore, was busy with my fammily trip. Finally done with my family trip. Now it’s back to updating this blog and enjoy the final week of my life here in Adelaide.

Lots to update. Let’s start my first post for year of the snake.

This is my first time welcoming CNY in Adelaide. We went to a friend’s house for it.

We had hotpot on CNY’s eve.

The next day, I went to church and they had lion dance performance. Here’s the video.

In the evening, we went the the same friend’s house for pot luck.

Just simple celebration with friends. This is gonna be my last time celebrating CNY here. Celebrating it back in Malaysia is always the best!

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Food Porn

Santos Tour Down Under 2013 – Prospect to Lobethal (22/1/2013)

January 23, 2013January 23, 2013 sweet surrender No Comments

Santos Tour Down Under is one of the biggest cycling events in the world. So lucky to be part of it. Normally, I would never thought of going to such event. I didn’t make it to the race last year because I was in Busan. This year, I decided to join the tour with other UniSA’s students to cheer the uni’s team. I figured that I must go this year as this is my first and my last since I missed it last year even though I had registered for it.

First stop was at Prospect. Didn’t really get to see the starting of the race as we had to rush to Checkers Hill. We left just before the race started.

One of the bicycles of one of the cyclists.

UniSA’s boy was interviewed before the race at the starting line.

Here I am, Checkers Hill. We waited for them to come up the hill. Very steep! Luckily our bus dropped us right on top of the hill. Really got no energy at all to go all the way up by foot! It was hot! Not only the weather but the men were hot too! 😛

Left: Enthusiasts’ bicycles parked at the hill.
Right: Some of the cars with various mascots on it.

Here they are at Lobethal racing towards the finishing line!!

Left: The whole race took more than 3 1/2 hour which covered a distant of 135KM.
Right: One of the winners.

More winners of different titles. The one in the first and last photo is the student of UniSA. So proud of him! Not only putting the uni in the news but Queensland and also Australia.

Here’s the video taken at Checkers Hill where the King of the Mountain title was taken by none other than UniSA’s student, Jordan Kerby, but the video only showing those cyclists after him, and followed by the footage of the race in Lobethal.

Didn’t get to take photos of winners reaching the finishing line. Bad timing and didn’t get any good spot for it.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Going Places, Public Events

Going Home Soon

January 16, 2013January 16, 2013 sweet surrender 10 Comments

It’s really heavy to leave Adelaide but at the same time I’m glad to be leaving. How contradicting?!?!? I love Adelaide but I also love Kuching. Once I leave, coming back in near future or even in the future is rather impossible.

There’s so much memories here, good and bad. I made lots of new friends here from many countries and even those from other states of Malaysia.

Besides that, I had fallen in love here too. Even though it was a short one but it’s good and sweet enough to be part of my experience that I will never forget.

I had also worked in a restaurant which I would never had done so in Malaysia.

What’s most important is that, I had finally fulfilled my dream of studying overseas.

In fact, finding my other half here is also part of the plan but oh well… I guess my other half is not here after all. Maybe he’s in Kuching or some other place waiting for me? Who knows?

While I’m here, I also managed to travel a fair bit. I’ve been to Gold Coast and Brisbane (AUS), Busan (Korea), Christchurch and Queenstown (NZ), soon will be Melbourne. I don’t think I’ll have the chance to visit other places such as Perth, Hobart, Sydney, and all the other major places in Australia. Maybe next time but it will mean more money required and won’t be in near future. However, these are good enough for me as I’m using my own money which I earned here working casually and my own efforts without asking any from my parents.

I’ve been staying here in Adelaide for more than one and half year and came across websites that provide massive discount using services vouchers or restaurant vouchers. Never heard about such thing in Malaysia. It was very interesting and I had signed up a few Australian based ones but didn’t buy any of them hahaha…

These days, I’ve been seeing friends in Malaysia talking about such vouchers. I had checked the site called Groupon and the deals were all amazing! I’m going home in March, most likely early March. This means I get to enjoy all these amazing deals and save lots of money! Friends are all so excited whenever they bought the vouchers.

So Kuching! I’m gonna be back in March and I’m gonna haunt you again! Hopefully can re-established myself in Kuching’s blogsphere again after going missing for quite a period of time.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Personal Events

Compilation of 20/12/2012 Graduation Ceremony Photos

January 15, 2013January 16, 2013 sweet surrender No Comments

Finally got the other batch of photos from my friend. Since I’m so free got nothing much to do, I did some compilation of all the photos which are my favourites and also photos of friends who came to take photos with me.

Family wasn’t there that time, many other friends all went back home either for good or holiday or some were working. These were who were left who were able to be there with me. Thanks to all who made the effort to come 🙂

Here’s the video, my appearance is at rather the end of the video ;p 57 minutes into the ceremony.

Sigh… Going home in less than 2 months 🙁 So heavy to leave…