Future Leaders Recognition Award 2012

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I got back from Brisbane on 25th July morning, just in time to join the Future Leaders Recognition Award 2012 in the evening. It’s just a night to appreciate the volunteers’ efforts of UniSA division of business. I’m one of them. First time attend such ceremony ;p Hehehe… Everyone dressed up in business attires.


Was asked to join the organising committe for this event but I couldn’t because I was away in Brisbane. However, I did contribute ideas to them. On the night itself, was asked to be the photographer. Heavy DSLR *LOL* oh well… Setting was already set, all I need to do was be at the spot to aim and shoot. Easy peasy ;p


Future Leaders Recognition Award 2012.


Left: Me with my award. Photo from the official camera. Since I’m the one handling the camera, I used my own camera and took a snap of this photo in the official camera hahaha… Else, I don’t think I will have any photo of myself getting the award hehehe…

Middle: I started the night with blood orange soft drink. Then after the award ceremony, I had two glasses of moscato ;p free flow alcohol! The best thing about this type of university event is free food and alcohol (wine, champagne, beer, and cider). I never pay for alcohol here, I always got mine for free. Of course, I only drank a bit. Most of the time, I did not have them especially if I’m at the event alone.

Right: People hanging out after the award ceremony.


Some of the food for the night.

At about 9pm, we called it a night. Got my certificates and letter of recommendation for volunteering.

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Brisbane 22/7/2012 – Part 2

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After South Bank, we headed to the CBD via Citycat.

Left: The casino.
Right: Random view in the CBD.


We went to David Jones’ food court for its spicy beef noodle ($6.50) which was recommeded by my friend. It wasn’t bad for the price.


Then we headed to Fortitude Valley aka Chinatown of Brisbane via train. ARG! Just realized I didn’t save the photos of the Chinatown arch for this post. It felt like pasar malam in Malaysia and the area is not a place I would want to be, just didn’t have good feeling when I’m there. I still prefer the Chinatown of Adelaide, clean, cosy and small.

Oh… See the bicycles? It’s everywhere. You have to be a member to be able to ride them if I’m not mistaken.


After Fortitude Valley, we headed back to Myer where Beach House is located. My friends had pre-dinner drink here and we killed our time here while waiting for dinner time.

By the way, see Starbucks? It’s not a common sight to see it in Australia, only major cities. Used to have it in Adelaide but close shop years back due to different coffee culture and they expanded too fast.


Dinner time! Funny Funny here we come. A Korean restaurant. I felt as if I’m in Korea here.


Left: Beer, the only glass I had. This is the only beer I’m willing to drink ;p Didn’t drink the soju, just wetted my tongue with it, damn strong!
Right: Yummy side dishes!


Left: Spicy seafood and beg soup served in hotpot (medium-$27). Very spicy indeed! However, it tasted as if there’s so much MSG in it.
Right: Tuna in kimchi soup served in hotpot (medium-$27), not spicy at all but didn’t like tuna cooke this way.

Food portion was huge! Fed 6 people and could feed two more too. Side dishes were refilled for free. Paid only $9 for this dinner. Worth it!

After dinner, we called it a night, it was so tiring.

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Brisbane 22/7/2012 – Part 1

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Early in the morning, at 7.30am, took a bus to the airport with my friend. Reached there at almost 8am.

On the plane waiting for my flight to take off at 9.25am. I’m using Jetstar. WOW! Very low-cost indeed. The legroom was really narrow. Narrower than Air Asia. My friend took the flight 10 minutes after mine, flying Virgin Australia.

Bye bye Adelaide…


Hello Brisbane! It was warm even though it’s winter *LOL*

We stayed at my friend’s house who I met during my Korea trip. Great view from his apartment. Imagine the flood in 2011 -.-” The river swelled so much and Brisbane was under water! It was so serious. My friend’s apartment’s ground floor was flooded even though it’s situated on the hill. Imagine that!


We had a rest and dessert(a type of Greek dessert) before heading out via the Citycat. SA concession card is not recognised in Queensland so we had to pay full-fare of the ticket =.=” Expensive! Nevertheless, it’s a nice experience.


View taken from the Citycat, on the way to South Bank.


South Bank from Citycat.


The jetty and the view from South Bank.


There’s an event called Regional Flavours, it’s basicall food and beverage event. Thought of buying something from there but at the end didn’t buy anything.

While walking around the area, I got bird shit on my head! -.-” If only I hit jackpot just like that. How “lucky”!


The beach in the middle of the city…

To be continued…

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BBQ City Restaurant

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Went to BBQ City Restaurant for dinner months back ;p The photos had been staying asleep in my phone for months before I finally transferred them to my computer. I’m just too lazy.

It’s located at 84 Gouger Street, Adelaide. The place was packed! Anyway, here’s what we had:

Left: Braised beef flank in hotpot.
Right: 2 combination roast, char siew(honey BBQ pork) and roast duck.

Don’t remember how much were they hehehe… Taste? Not too bad but at the same time got nothing much to rave about also. Just average.

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Back from Brisbane

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I’m back! Such tiring trip. Very short but it was good.

Hello Brisbane!

The view from my friend’s apartment. Was lucky to have a place to stay here and managed to save quite a fair bit of money. If not, it won’t be that cheap to go there.

Here’s the summary of my trip:
Day 1 (22/7/2012): Brisbane
Day 2 (23/7/2012): Dreamworld and Whitewater World
Day 3 (24/7/2012): Gold Coast
Day 4 (25/7/2012): Back to Adelaide

I still prefer Adelaide. Don’t think I will want to stay in Brisbane or Gold Coast long term. Don’t mind going for holiday though.

Going Places, Seeking the Sun - Brisbane & Gold Coast