a journey to remember

ok so now i m here at the last day in australia.. after seeing alot smelling alot hearing alot, most of all thinking alot, i put myself in front of the com & start to rewind back...

i can certainly say i came here unprepared on day one. anyway taking it for granted is one of my expertize. i dont really know what to expect, when i arrived at the melbourne airport, i dont even know whether my friend will pick me up somewhere, but i think , at least i m safe & sound at the airport, who cares, i will walk on my own. ten minutes later, i hop on a bus to the city & ready to wait for my friend as instructed. seeing friends in foriegn land is like ecstasy, its make you too damn high, i cant tell you how much relieve when i, after a day on the plane, seeing my friends in real person. all the communication before hand seem strangely work. & straight after we were in a vietnamese?? restaurant havin a good time plus some delicacy.. ok i admitted till this point of time day one is pretty normal but what follow may even put some of your asleep.. but this is all important as i can really feel what the real melborne, the local version, is. fed square, train rides, local comedy fest, yarra river the city part, the i-forgot-what-the-name-it-was tower, oh ya, i nearly got to the MCG... afterwards i went to friend's place for bible study.. yes bible study.. thou shall not forget god anytime anywhere, know me?? haha shame to say, doze off a couple of time during that. meet some new friend though, meet up some of the old friend too. & then our last minute instinct get to us again, we talkin about what for tomorrow... pretty long & fruitless plannin come to an excellent choice, a drive to the great ocean road.

on day two, actually count it as day one b. we get up before dawn not to watch sunrise but to get ready the trip today. i cal that in the last 3 days i slept an astonishing 9 hours, wow. but the prospect of seeing something you never see in your life before juz get you goin, hehe.. get in the car & ready to roll. we set off from city melbourne, through geelong , via bell beach, to apollo bay, reach great ocean road. the great ocean road is juz --- great. i will never forget the sights along the way. now i know why people whether stay in small town instead of big city, to get the view other people cant get. & we hit twelve apostles, loch and gorge, the arch, the grotto, thunder cave, razor rock....a lot more. all are God blessings to man i can only say.. by the time we hit the last place its almost evenin, so knowin that we cant go any further we turn back home. we rushed back for some 'jurong get together' dinner, we managed to pull trina out. long time never see her... we had dinner in this italian restaurant & i gotta fight with this lasagna, man it is big & i almost cant finish it.

day three, the gruellin travel take its toll & i concussed until 1pm. stayed at friends place sorting thing out. i m ready sydney.

day four, first day i really on my own. as usual no planin what so ever, i head to the rocks visitor center for some research. from my hotel to the the rocks its like a walk down orchard road or nathan road.. but when i see what awaiting for me at the end of the road, its worth every aussie dollar i spent.. the sydney harbour bridge & the opera house standin, facin each other. tears almost out (a little over) & its juz spectacular. i walk one loop around the opera house & secretly admiring her... damn she is gorgeous... then i look over to the bridge & thinking.. bridge i m comin to conquer you tonight... ( no porno thought here alright) for the rest of the time till evening i stroll around the city, went to aquarium, QVB, brought some stuffs, & ready to take on the bridge. to my suprise they actually allow to take on the discovery tour instead of the normal one with no extra charges. thx mate. some standard procedures afterwards & bonding with the crews. the instructor called Doug & happened to be the most friendly Oz i ever met. the crews are all uncle & anuty but they are like young teens cheering around. after climb over 400 meters vertically up... i accomplished my fist goal of my life... many follows... haha

day 5, fighting my concussioness to get up as early as possible to get mine second day in sydney fruitful. but stil when i ready to go is a bit laggy on schedule... anyway... had da scrap the koala park when almost there & went straight to blue mountain. abit out of hand eventually reached there but everything seem fine when time passby. the shuttle bring me to the destination & breath-takin view follow... really appreciate australian taking care of their home so thoroughly.. i get to see what man should died protected view. from the guestbook in the visitor center of blue mountain : its God's creation.. after a few hours sight explosion, regretting why i didn't came earlier, i reluctantly drag myself on the train to city..

day 6, maybe the worst spent day in Oz but it really get me reflect alot. was on train back to melbourne from dusk till dawn.. was think about her all the time..

day 7, last day on Oz & spent most of the day shoppin on souvenirs in Melbourne..have an amazing dinner with enli & co. in his house, love the get-together, packed & ready to hit home..

so this is the Oz trip all alone by myself, i wanna enjoy every minute of it. i guess i did it & its really my first huge step to the world. the price : i leavin my comfort zone for first try. all the plannin before hands (if there is any) seem collabrate. thx God for the trip as HE really showered His blessin & peace unto me. something i thought i could never accomplish, i proundly done so. if there is another shot, hell yes...

p.s how i wish she would be there with me...