Friday, February 10, 2006
8th February 2006, Tuesday
Hmmm, I just receive here the first day. It is like when I just going to separate with my family who sent me off; mummy, sing & lan jia I cried. I can’t endure anymore. I can only see them after one year….!!! Miss them so much by then…On the way sitting to the gate C27, I was so sad. Some more crying the hand carry bag was so heavy. I really regretted for not bringing a bag with roller. So, in the plane a steward helped me to put the bag up in the cabin. It was so heavy till the air-stewardess call the steward. Guess what the plane was so nice, cause with a personal small TV screen. Along the way, I watched “The Myth” and a movie starred by Andy Lau. I ate beef with wedges, the lemon cake was nice but the salad bluek. Our breakfast was I don’t know what the title is. And the worst is I call the steward bring down the heavy bag 2 times. So funny…. There was one steward so funny. He is quite old. I told him that the bag was heavy, then he said ok, I’ll call the “liang jai” (handsome) to take down because he is young mah. I took out contact lenses and the solution. Ok, and then put it up. But I forgot to take my spectacles. Hehehe, he took down the bag…. So it is the second. So, this is the journey along MAS plane.
So, luckily I got friend, Pei Sem. She sat with me along the way from Malaysia to Australia. First, when we were about to took off, both of us cried….!!! The lady next to me was a lady… She quite nice. We asked about the banks in Australia. We reached Sydney airport 9am. Before checked out, hahaha, it was so pack mah the air port cause our plane was big. Then the department of the immigration and registration was “cin cai”. Fuh, so I took my bags, sure the “hand carry”!!! It was so heavy… Luckily I called Barney to help me to carry the bag from plane to the registration area. He also complained about the bag!!! Then after we took the bags from the Terminal 9, we were heading to the checking part. I declare that I brought medicines and food. The officer, guy just looked at my small card and signed on it. Then I didn’t need to open my luggage. Poor others need to go to the other declaration side. They just screen and X-ray my bags. Then I don’t need to rush as Pei Sem because her plane was 11 something. Mine was 12.25pm. So I felt like phoning Sook Feun. Since I don’t have small changes I need to buy something in the air-port!!! Hahaha, I bought the orange flavour Tic Tac. Guess the price?! It was AUD$2!!! Fuh, I was so expensive… Then I phoned her. She can’t come out to meet me because she is working…. So sad….
After that, I just went to check in. I’m hungry. So, we check in our bags. Hmmm, see lah, I got problem with my bags lah. Thank God, I read again the e-ticket regulation. Economy calss can only carry 2 bags, only 32kg. And I was so worried. It was my turn now. Hmm, the lady weight my 2 bags. Ok, passed, check in. But hor, she saw my hand carry… Sweat!!! She call me to put and weighted it. It was 12.7kg!!! Oh my Goodness!!! I had carry the “heavy hand carry” bag for hours…. My hands and arm were so sour and pained. But Thank God again, she didn’t charge me for overweight but my that bag was on stand by, means the last to go in the plane. So it will not be arrived at the same time I reached Canberra. I prayed to God. So that it can reached the same time.
Then, I went to the Gate 15. I was Pei Sem. Hahaha, I thought she took off already. But the Gate had not open yet. So she waited there. Really wasted she ran to the Gate….. After settle down, I went to eat Australia style of Burger King. It is called Hungry Jack’s. I ordered a value meal, Bacon Deluxe. It cost me $7.15. It was my first meal in Australia. It was with French fries and drink, Light Coke. So, we went to Gate 15. Hmmm, our plane was delayed 10minutes, better than Diong and Hazel, JPA bunch!! Their plane supposed to be earlier than mine, but then got delayed till later than us. They were like said not fair…. Huahaha… So, when I went to the Bus… Hmm, I was shocked to see the plane…!! The plane was small size. The first time in my whole I sat on like this plane. The plane was small. It only has 9 rows!!! Yergh, I was about to faint!! Fuh, when the propellers start to turn, the whole plane shacked. The plane really took off slowly. I really scared and worried that the plane can take off. On the way, the plane was bumpy. I nearly vomited!!! Just endure because they didn’t provide us with vomit bag. I also didn’t eat the meal they gave because I scared I’ll vomit. I just drank a cup of water. I reached Canberra about 1.30pm. There were few representatives from ANU. They sent me with the big jeep, Toyota to ANU. When I was on the plane I saw Canberra was deserted!! There were many bushes!! See already knew so bored…. And there was no cloud at all!! The wind is so dry… My lips cracked! Need lip balm. On the way, I saw the building. It were old and look like really olden days building. You can see the bricks patterns outside. But it is really well planned. The roads are clean not Malaysia.!!
Today I was so tired because I didn’t sleep well in the plane. At first I want to stay with Pei Sem for one night, 8th February, Tuesday. But the officer said Ursula Hall can accept guest. So I need to move already. But at least over there I met 2 girls from Korea and one guy from Japan. My luggages were so heavy. Who is doing to help me to move my luggage to Bruce Hall?! Thank God once again… There was an Australian guy from Sydney, he got car. He fetched Hazel and me to Bruce Hall. I checked in and paid $10.50. $5 for the bed fold and $5.50 for the meal. I was shocked to hear that the dinner serve at 5-6pm!! Then in Bruce Hall I met again few people; Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Japan during the dinner. So, basically, I knew people from every hall. The residents from Bruce helped me to take my luggage up to Hazel’s room. There I stayed one night. Ewe, I was not used to the food. There were lamb, chicken cooked with sour sauce, vegetable with cheese, rice cooked with vegetable and potato. When the first time, I went into the room, I was so shocked cause there was no fan!!! Though now is summer!!!....
We went to bath together, of course in separate bathroom! And the bathrooms were empty!!! At night we got some help from the Senior. She opens her account for us to online for a while. So, only I can chat with Chon Lan Jia. I checked my mail too. I got offer from Burgman Hall. Thank God. I got my accommodation!!! We also asked her where to get water, and she just said drink the tap water!! If I do that in Malaysia, I would probably admitted to hospital. That night I was hungry, Hazel ate her nasi lemak where she got free from the JPA people. Then at night, we read Bible together and prayed. But I’m the one reading Bible to her when she was packing!! I learnt about Dirty Dished, (which we must always be prepared when God arrive).
