Day 1. Reached at 9am their time. Went to check in hotel. Headed to chinatown for lunch at around 2 (their time) which is local time 12. Ate some chinese food (roasted pidgeons) and walked around. Back to hotel to slack. Marriots brisbane. Old but nice enough. Saw an all saints church in brisbane. Teleported from AHS. Some random girl told me to take a picture of her and i did. That red shirt girl with red cross lol. Had a seafood dinner afterwards and ate many oysters nice big fresh cold raw. High cholestrol :D after that another walk before heading back to hotel.

Day 2. Woke up at around 10. Had breakfast. Sister went to the porsches driving classes (to play with porsches) and my mum and i went to koala sanctuary. We took the public bus ($5.40 per trip) which gave me quite a view of the peoples life there. 30 min bus ride. Reached the place, explored the place and just went i was about to take pictures of the main attraction (koalas) my camera battery died. Such a waste. $30 entrance fee. Saw bees koalas kangaroos snaked frogs dingoes platypus bats (quite big ones) and many many other animals native to australia. Back to hotel via public bus again. Ate cup noodles and had dinner at some german pub where the servings are HUGE. Walked to uptown to visit the casino. Mum played there while i slacked around.

Day 3. Woke up at 5am plus to catch the sunrise and bloody hell. The sun was way up high already. Crazy crazy crazy. Can you believe sunrise is at 3 4 plus am?!!! Sister at lesson again and mum and i went to weekend markets along the brisbane river (freaking long river). Walked for 5 hours and bought souveiniers like the funny badges. Beautiful wildlife and a man made lagoon along the way. Crossed many bridges and saw many beautiful sights and sceneries. Back to hotel and off to chinatown. Mum had craving for beef noodles and we went all over to find one ($10.80) Back to hotel and then off for some japanese korean bbq cuisine. Finished eating and i went to get a slurpee and walked.

Day 4. Woke up 9 plus to pack up. Slacked until 11 and checked out. Went to queens street mall and something weird embarrassing awkward happened to me. Mum and sis shopped (typical) and i slacked around outside on the bench. Then these two australian girls walked past and sat beside me. Then they started a convo with me. which went like.

Girl 1: Hey are you Bill?

Me: HUH? (singapore style)

Girl 1: Are you Bill? Im sure you are.

Me: Nope im not Bill.

Girl 2 starts videoing on her iphone.

Girl 1: Im sure youre Bill. I went to this party yesterday and i met you and i can swear you are Bill. *faces girl 2* why are you filming this down?

Girl 2: *laughs*

Girl 1: I can really swear youre Bill.

Me: No im not. Is this a prank or something?

Girl 1: No this is not. Why would i even want to prank you?

Girl 2: Ya this is not a prank.

Me: *looks at them*

Girl 1: Whats your name then.

Girl 2: Ya, im rebecca.

Me: Hi rebecca

Girl 1: Whats your name?

Me: *shy* shant tell you.

*at this moment a flash mob occurred and everyone was distracted*

Me: *looking at flash mob trying to avert them*

Girl 2: So we shall be going then, bye

Me: Oh erm goodbye.

It was so awkward i didnt know what to say like totally (and they were very pretty) and so i was like nervous and stumbled on my words :D so embarrassing. Does it sound like a prank to you?

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the exact convo may differ as this is based on my memory. its something like this though

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It was so embarrassing. Anyway back to what i did. Took a video of the flash mob. (if you want to see the flash mob they are on youtube. search brisbane queens street mall kpop flash moB 28/11/11) headed to a shopping mall and slacked there. Visited a pie shop called pie face and slacked there too (nice pies btw) and then to hotel to slack even more and then taxi ($40) to airport. And finally back.

So thats basically my trip to brisbane. Yup.

My thoughts throughout:

1) The stuff there are real expensive $10 for wonton mee $24 for a guys haircut $5 for a bus trip $3 for a canned drink 10% GST

2) There are very few motorcycles there.

3) The roads are all up and down like hills and its a pain walking but try sitting the bus. You would be like bouncing up and down lol.

4) The roads are real wide.

5) The normal houses people stay in are semi ds with swimming pools.

6) There is so much space there.

7) There are many pubs there and all the australians do are drink drink drink drink drink and drink. A new pub every 15 footsteps. Serious.

8) Shops close at 4pm there so theres nothing to do at night.

9) There are quite a few anti chinese people there.

10) I am a victim of the pretending-that-your-english-very-zai-and-thinking-you-speak-like-a-pro syndrome. I talk with an accent to the people there.

11) My mum keeps speaking chinese over there when englishs the language. She went up to the cashier and went 这个多少 and later she went oh sorry how much is this?

12) There are many bridges there over the brisbane river which is winding and long

13) many tame birds in the wild who pose for pictures

14) The sun there shines really brightly and the radiation on your skin is like a sunny day in spore. the temperature there is the same currently but there is a constant cool wind about. However at night the cool wind bites your bones and i find myself shivering lol.

15) the crazy australians only activity after workand at night is to drink eat drink.

16) The schools there are like in the middle of nowhere

17) the fashion with teen there is to wear very tight shirts and skirts that are long at the back and short in front.

18) People are absolutely friendly over there

19) The waiters and everyone there are more polite professional and thoughtful than singapore's

20) The streets are lined with modern and ancient building beside each other. So its like one building is a brick built chapel with a stunning majestic glass skyscraper beside it. Pretty contrasting.

21) I like how all the staff there are local and there is no need for foreigners other than for tourism.

22) They love beer sun beer over there

23) Their facils are not as good but service 10 times better

24) I had fun there

:D :D :D

Thats all for now.