margaret river

28th april

there were so many thgs blub wanted to do when in perth!
but one thg that blubs def wanted was a trip away into the country area.
margaret river was def the venue of choice! great drive…. and blubs just loved the vast openess.
somethg that gives blubs great sense of inner peace… fr which he gets a lot of energy and drive to live life!
stopped over at some familiar spots – bunbury, choc factory and a new cereal and nuts factory.
it was first time bern has been out of the perth metro area as well!! so did a bit of sightseeing… and of course being a ‘self-proclaimed narcissist’ def took loads of pics!!
managed to find an accommodation at the hilltop studio apartments.
great spot! great accommodation! sleeping, bathing, shitting with open views of the great outdoors!!
and YES- not forgetting…. inner peace!!!

dinner @ hawkers cuisine.
yes. dinner at night with the crazy gang at good ole hawkers cuisine! had the usual with marmite chicken def on the list.

30th april – shopping @ harbour town
sad day… cos its one day to leaving perth.
but returned to harbour town with hope of getting some ‘work clothes’. but only got one shirt.
but overall for the trip, blubs was pretty satisfied with shopping – given the tight budget fr the trip.
hitlist:
1 NIKE Polo Carlton Football cub top – apparently wooden spoonist in AFL in 2006
1 stripe polo top from Jeans West
1 green ‘tight fit’ t-shirt from Jeans West (YES!! blubs first green Tee)
1 pair of ZU shoes (brown pointy shoes… yeah!!!)

some facts:
blubs felt so much more at home when he left the airport

blubs def missed perth a lot!!
perth is def more home to blubs than SG is!!

blubs did not want to leave for SG – so much that he nearly missed the flight back. (without knowing the check-in counters closed 45mins before departure, blubs arrived with only 30 mins to spare. the check-in counter was actually closing… and blubs was def close to not being able to leave for SG. well, if not for the job, blubs would def entertain the idea of staying on in perth!!

BLUBS MISSES PERTH!!!

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!

27th april – Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!!!
Surprise #1
its been a few wks since blubs saw bern! its been really hard maintaining another LDR. dunno why – its been really really hard. probably cos blubs have been struggling with having to leave perth and to be away fr someone he loves so early in the relationship. LDR was def not somethg blubs was looking at before he embarked on this new journey…. but he has since made his mind and will commit to making this work.

anyway, blubs went thru immigration without any glitches. had a few looks fr the immigration officer,which had blubs breaking into bt of a cold sweat. but once he gave that ‘stamp of freedom’ blubs knew he had succeeded and he is IN PERTH!!!

william picked blubs fr the airport and set up a plan to give bern a huge surprise. she did not know blubs was coming bk…. so the plan was for will to arrange to ‘pass bern some stuff’. at her place, blubs hid behind the thrashbin waiting for will to give the call for her to come out of the house for a massive surprise. blubs never heard anyone screamed so lot – so much so that blubs was not sure if the scream was more a ‘scream of surprise’ or a ‘scream of fear’ of someone running behind her!! hahahah!! blubs love giving surprises AND receiving them of course!!! (* hint hint )

Surprise #2
ALI had arranged for the MRF gang to meet up at Milligans for some ‘surprises’. he did not tell anyone what it was. blubs appeared at good ole milligans for a good drink in most perfect of conditions!! enjoying a glass of beer without having to break into a sweat!!! good ole times!! great ole memories!!

Surprise #3
william had arranged for the rest of the perth crazy gang to meet up at The Royal for a ‘farewell dinner’ – for he was ‘ leaving for S Africa to work in some mine site’ hahaha!! what mine site!?

everyone pretty much got fooled!! hahaha!! when blubs appeared, everyone had the bigget shock ever. should have taken a pic of everyone’s look, esp loonster!! hahaha!! guess i was the last person on earth everyone was expecting to see and probably was the last person anyone wants to see as well!! hehehe!!

good night!! great food! first or ghau for a long time with or ghau buddy!!! was great catching up with the rest of the pple! blubs felt so good to be back in perth! the weather was the best!

return to perth

27th april
5am
could not really get to sleep. woke up early to finalise my packing for my short trip to perth.
YES pples! I am returning to perth!!
finally! after 6 wks in humid SG, i am finally going bk and i cannot be more excited.

There are few uncertainties and worries though… my student visa status was till unknown. blubs thot it could have been cancelled… had tried applying for ETA (tourist visa) but twice the system came up with a note to say that student visa still valid. okie… so all’s clear at this end. what about perth side… hmmm thats the biggest uncertainty…… but guess blubs so much wanted to go bk perth that he could not really be bothered about the ‘risk’ he is taking.

454 km fr perth… captain’s calling and my mind is just set onto a huge party i am going to have… enjoying a nice reprieve from the yucky weather in Singapore.
its definitely a good time away from work (ermm.. just 6 wks and i am already on leave!! or rather off-in-lieu. all thks to a very wonderful boss of mine! i dun think i can be any luckier to get such a great person to work with for my first official job. more about jobs in my next blog probably

plans when i touch down?
hmm surprise surprise surprise….. that is provided immi dun give me any nasty surprises in the first place.

well head count as to who knows i am back…. william, MMG, and ALi!!
all of which has very kindly helped me arrange for a very big surprise for all the pple bk ‘HOME’… ppl whom blubs have missed heaps!!
and yes! these 6wks in SG has made me realise that i am just not MADE FOR SG!
i really missed perth a lot and has begun to identify perth / australia as my home already. a place i would really like to live the rest of my life.
career’s good in SG but if i am not truly happy… there’s really no meaning in life after all is there.
we only get to live once and i want to get this chance to be truly happy with my life… for if i am happy, i believe i can make pple happy. i want to find the TRUE blubs again… the good ole blubs that has gone missing since he returned to SG… or prob a good ole blubs that does not appear in a humid weather like those in SG.

i will pray each day that god gives me the opportunity to get bk permanently to perth one day… or to leave SG to anywhere else…. that is my only aim in life now.
everything else will fall into place… hopefully…..

for now, its OR GHAU TIME!!
PARTAE ON ppl!