Before the adventure begins...

Spring has arrived and when I thought of spring, I relate it to the sea of blooming flowers. My initial idea was to visit Tasmania instead. But thanks to the power of social media, I saw one of my friends sharing about Malaysia Festival in Adelaide! Instantly, I decided to head to Adelaide, to attend the festival and visit my friends! On the other hand, my plan to go to central Australia arise due to the intention of going Adelaide. I was supposed to go with another girl but she have to work and left me alone. Do I want to give up the trip because of that? Another friend of mine did advised me not to go (being brought up in a society with not-so-secured-society, so safety is always a concern.) but thinking that I might not have a chance to go in future (I can go in summer but... HELLO~ over 40 degree Celsius? I will faint!), I just make all the payment one shot, from flight to tour, leaving me no room to retreat from this upcoming journey.

I was being told that there is flight promotion and Jetstar flight to Adelaide was only $89. But after adding this and that, service fees and insurance, it totaled about $113. The flight was on Thursday and I only start packing on Tuesday midnight/Wednesday morning. Is my first time travelling alone to a foreign state in a foreign country. Right after my Adelaide visit, I will be travelling off to Alice Spring for an outback adventure. So the whole packing process isnt easy (to me). I have to grab my sleeping bag, insect repellent, hat, sunscreen and also start worrying about the liquid limitation (which I just cleared about after the trip LOL). Oh, did I not mentioned that I have not do any of the research yet? I did the research (on where to visit/eat/tour) at the same time I was packing my luggage/backpack.

A few days prior the flight, I only realized that the flight departs at 0645, I then realized that I might need to overnight at the airport @.@ I am actually nervous yet excited. I was wondering should I just make it an adventure or shall I play safe? I ended up put up with my nervousness and overnight at one of friends house in city. My friend's mom was worried about my safety and volunteered to drive me to airport. I felt bad about it, especially we only slept for 2-3 hours. (We have been chatting all night long...)

After checking in airport using mobile (I feel so 'ulu' haha, first time using technology gadget to check it XDXD), I had my most expensive breakfast in the airport and off I go!!!

I am so blur when I arrived, not sure what I should do to hop on bus, where should I get the ticket, where is the bus stop? Blindly heading to the airport entrance, saw the familiar bus number (which I checked on Google map), and just off I go! From Adelaide Info Centre website, it state that interstate full time student can obtain confession ticket by applying at the centre itself. I am really glad to know that, after spending so much on Sydney transportation expense. So once I arrived, the first thing I thought is to faster apply for the temporary concession ticket. I took all the hassle to reach to the Info Centre but the officer said

Well, to get this temporary concession card, we need your letter from your uni stating that how long you will be staying here and what is your purpose...we need to take a photo of you and you need to pay $10 for processing fees.... it will take few days to process....

=.= Why dont they just post it on the website at the first place? By the time I applied and got the card, I dont think I even get to use it because I fly off already... Forget about this! Let the adventure begins XDXD

Ohoh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! I really thinks that I could skype with you on your birthday... but my prompt decisions made me fly off during your birthday ^o^" I shall get you lots of picture for your birthday~~

坐飞机

呵呵飞机呀飞机，不知道我是否曾经透露过我很喜欢机场很喜欢搭飞机呢？

飞机场直觉上对我而言，非离别，而是从新出发，一段令人期待的旅程。
喜欢拖着行李箱在机场漫步，整体上看起来自己好像长大了，准备迎接一个新体验。
喜欢飞机起飞的一刹那，启程瞬间，乘载着兴奋的心情冲向无际的蓝天，迎向未知数。
喜欢飞机降落的时刻，抵达了目的地，是时候实行心中的盘算，准备探险去。

不管是出发还是归来，只要能到飞机场和乘搭飞机，那种兴奋，不是每个人能懂的。
至少我就常被父母打趣说：“那么喜欢飞机场，干脆进去绕一圈走出来好了。”
我曾经也想过，如果我能瘦多20kg，长高25cm，我就跑去当空姐了咯！

所以这次在短短的8天内，我竟然坐了3次飞机，进出机场4次，而且重点是……每次check-in 的方式都不一样！！嘿嘿！！所以啊，这次的旅程对我而言，有点梦幻哩～

可能别人觉得我很无聊不知道兴奋的“点”在哪里，可是……我就是那么无聊兼容易兴奋！！XD

1. 从SYD - Alice Spring - 用Mobile Check in
2. Alice Spring - Ayers Rock - 用Kiosk Check in
3. Ayers Rock - SYD - 用Mobile Check in 打印BoardingPass
   （后来航班取消）
4. Ayers Rock - SYD - Counter Check in
   （因为团友说mobile check in 要付费T.T）

嘿嘿嘿！所有的check in 方式都试过了！Mission Complete！ 哈哈！

大雨和陀螺

某個朋友曰：

青春是一場大雨 —— 我又淋湿了自己。

想想自己多久沒有好好地寫（每次都有這樣的覺悟，就是沒有行動力。有心的時候，卻專注在其他較為緊急的事件上，自己也有點鄙視自己了～） 。

看見朋友在"非屎不可"更新的狀況，突然發現‘文學’這塊東西，被我擺在衣櫥裡的某個暗角，累積了層層灰塵，現在 大力吹一次“呼”一聲，終於發現這東西的一角。大力地拍幾下，掃了掃塵埃，手掌骯髒了。就如我腦袋裡文學這鐵塊，發現時已經生鏽了，變質了，易碎了。字寫不出，句子組不成，甚至還要靠翻譯！唉～

挑戰創一句吧～

》陀螺的生活節奏，從奮力地搖晃旋轉，直到力度漸漸削弱，唯能靜靜地摊在地上。《

外地生求學工作

我是幸福的小孩！我承認:)
家庭雖不富貴，但五餐溫飽，比起很多人，幸運很多。
有機會留學，更是難得可貴！
自己為作業煩惱，比起同輩的朋友各個都在為生活忙碌工作打拼的生活，好比小巫見大巫，沒什麼好怨的。

跟自己過意不去的，應該是我自己吧～
屎腦經！
比起某類型的人，我只是多了些責任感、多了些虛有的夢想、多了些好吃的慾望、多了些探險的期許、多了些高估自己的賣點，就這樣為錢的煩惱多了點、顧慮多了點、花在找工作的時間多了點、CV多寫了些……就這樣‘煩惱’的東西就不止多了些，而是極多。

曾經武斷、肯定、斷定地說：
“我是來求學，學業第一（總不能不及格而浪費錢！），然後探險。必要的話才會找工作，但不會做那些累壞自己的Part-time 工作。畢竟只要不揮霍自己的儲蓄，我還是能在這裡生活。”

我想，我後悔了。

學業還是第一，但我已經準備面對疲累的自己。探險這回事，就排在工作之後。原因很簡單：

1. 馬澳的匯率，不是蓋的！只有往下降……
2. 自己的儲蓄只足夠求學和生活費，要探險就是要錢，要錢就是要工作，要工作就是要……
3. 這裡的生活費，超高的。只有一樣東西是便宜的——蘋果。（從我居住的地方/學校到市中心來回一趟都要10澳幣耶。想想在大馬才5.40令吉……一星期的租金就是大馬一個月的租金耶！）

什麼都講錢。避不了。已經很市儈的我，更能現實-.-
我不否認在這裡也受到了其他學生的影響，他們讓我覺得沒工作卻一直在花錢的事實，是件慚愧的事。讓我覺得不工作，只讀書，沒探險，是在蹉跎光陰。

我仍秉持“不累壞自己”的信念去尋找工作，但我想我真的高估了自己的背景和能力。從沒嘗試在這麼短的時間內寫了近25份履歷表/簡歷。（旁白：神經變態痴線）有沒有將公司的名字搞錯，那我就不知道了……從只申請做與學歷有關的想法，延展到行政，現在還包括接待員和行銷（雖說工作內容非我喜好），甚至餐廳服務員也在我的申請單內。

有時候我覺得那些一星期工作20小時的同學，很神！他們是超人！
分析看看：
一周7天， 上課少說都要兩天（一天六小時），然後工作2.5/3天，剩下週末兩天。其中還不包含作業、溫習和休息。碩士的課程上課的時間固然比學士的課程少許多，但是，我們必讀的文章和作業確實多上幾倍。將學士課程兩門合成一門，這就是碩士生需讀的‘容量’。現在沒工作的我，都已經覺得時間不夠睡眠不足，那他們一星期做20小時的不就是超人咯！

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目哈哈哈哈哈哈Muahahahahahaha

没什么，只是觉得2012年还没过完，帖子/BlogPost 竟然比2011 年的还要多！！

嗯！有进步！×厚脸皮×

不管怎么改，自己的部落始终还是逃不过被我染成一片蓝色的命运～

忧郁的感觉？不要啦～～～

再附上一张无厘头/搞怪的照片呗～～