Wollongong, NSW...

[ 17th July 2009
Friday 9.00 am NSW times ]

We continued our roadtrip
by driving towards Wollongong, NSW..

Our target is to reach Kiama
in 3 hrs time...

we also managed to discover
a Little Blowhole coincidentally
situated near the housing area.

later,
we arrived at the Kiama Lighthouse
and its main attraction, Kiama Blowhole..

here we took some
fascinating group photos
at the surrounding areas
including formation
of 'nazis symbol' lookalike..

as for the blowhole,
we need to timing our pictures
exactly after the 'pop' sound
made by waves entering the big hole
below the seacliff..

afterwards,
we setting our GPS to Clifton
as to determine our car
will drive through the ending of
Grand Pacific Drive ( GPD ).

around 4 pm,
we parked our cars and
walk briefly to Sea Cliff Bridge,
the well-known structure
built along the pacific ocean cliff
and enjoy the tantalizing views.. :)

b4 the dawn,
we drove back to city of Sydney
and have a dinner at KFC Punchbowl, Randwick.

here certain menus
like original recipy chicken,twister & zinger burger
was approved to be consumed
due to halal slaughterings & food preparations
by " sydney muslim consumer association "...

to closing the very meaningful
and tiring day..

we watching Harry Porter & The Half-Blood Prince
at the Hoyts Cinemas near Lakemba ( i guess.. ).
i also have to declare my status
as the NSW university student
just to pay much cheaper ticket >>
11AUD compare to 14AUD..hehe

:: Skiing Experience ::

~Thursday 16 th July 2009 ~
Thredbo Snow Sports School, Snowy Mountains
Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales

The day has come
to experience the skiing /
sandboarding adventure
here in winter 09
.... :)

we gathered in front of
our motel around 8 am
the temperature is -2 degree celcius
( reported by syamil, i rather believe it..)

so we travelled nearly 100 km
from cooma to arrive at snowy mountains
along with our rental equipments...

we had to pay
27 AUD per car
in order to enter the
kosciuszko national park...

the moment we arrived
at thredbo parking areas
around 10 am -
the snow start falling
selfishly..

to our dismay,
the tyre chain rented
to lock our car tyres
could not b applied...

b4 we start skiing
of course we took some pictures
near the Friday Flat MA...

just 15 minutes practising
our limited knowledges,
out of no where..
we decided to take a skiing / sandboarding lessons
from the instructor available here
at 59 AUD per person
excluding 3 of us directly from m'sia...uhuhu..

i was voluntarily assigned myself
to snap a few pictures
of these trainees
during their lesson
but also eavesdropping a lil bit
during this session
not far away....

so..
almost 1 1/2 hour later,
the trainees i mentioned earlier
look like a professional skiers
skiing down the hills at ease
by doing their v-shapes postures
nonchalantly...;)

i and k-roll
was taught by
these deliberate
professional skiers
(ronron, jufri,yoi ) afterwards..
but mastering a few tricks b4
collapsed in the turf everytime i tried..
during this enjoyable time
glad to mention : the snow falls permanently
from 2pm onwards...

lastly,
i persuaded k-roll
to ride a cable car
to a higher skiing areas
just to snap
a few beautiful pictures over there..

by switching our pakkas with
pakkas from apex & zara
coz they had the ski lesson passes
tagged in their pakkas....

we finalised
our skiing / sandboarding moments
around 4.30 pm..

but without toboggan adventures...:(

' The Capital of Australia '

Wednesday 15th July 2009
9.30 am sydney time..

along with 11 students of
university of new south wales,
we joined their road trip
for 3 days...

we rented a trio of
white toyota ascent
from 'no birds' company
to accommodate all of us
during this long journey
covering the new south wales province...

approximately 150km from sydney,
canberra is the capital city of australia
equivalent of putrajaya in malaysia...

it boasts the parliament house,
the australian war memorial, the black mountain tower...
to name a few.

during our time in the parliament house,
all necessary security checks b4 entering the house
had been implemented...

i bought the gold coin
embossed the picture of parliament house itself..
exclusively sold in their
souvenir shop.

we also visiting
australian war memorial,
in honour of courage & braveness
showed by their demise armies

the very moment of silence
once we entering the structure
but for us, erm..
it just next
tourist attraction to explore...

next stop :
australia national university
to pray our solat jama' takhir,

then proceed to
'jewel of india'
in the canberra city centre..

steamed rice & mango chicken curry
here awaiting my presence...hehe

later, we drove to cooma
nearly 110km from canberra city -
checked-in the high country motel,
hire the skiing and sandboarding equipments
- pakka jacket & pants, pools, boots & xxx...

lastly,
slept with the eletric
blanket comforting me
don't really care
about winter cold outside..

Here I Come...Sydney!!

~Sydney..
the city situated
in the state of new south wales,oz~

we arrived at the
centre of the town that includes
darling harbour,circular quay and sydney opera house
around noon oz time..

the wheather is very clear
with the bright shiny sun sheltered us,
strong wind surrounding the atmosphere..

in the darling harbour vicinity,
we snap the photos near sydney wildlife world,
sydney aquarium,cockle bay wharf & sydney convention centre.

then we cruised the ferry about 15minutes
to discover the sydney harbour bridge &
sydney opera house from the distance
until we arrived @ circular quay jetty..

actually, i was told
if we want to climb that SHB,
we should spent almost minimum 180 aud,
the higher charge will b paid
if we climb during the sunset period...

from the circular quay
we strolled a walking distance
to the area of sydney opera house
and i realised how lucky i was
to look at the art masterpise structure,
definitely the icon symbolic to
australia 'must visiting' tourism calendar...

around 3 pm,
we lunched 4 of us together
in the sydney fish market
with a large plate of seafood that
includes small octopus, dory fish , squid
prawn and the lobster...nyum,nyum...:)

in the night
the sydney OH and sydney HB
seems glowing in dark...
so beautiful & so breezy
at the moment indeed...

:: Great Ocean Road ::

Yesterday..
~ Monday 13th July 2009 ~

We exploring Great Ocean Road of Victoria
via Colac & Winchelsea...

actually, i was driving almost 3 1/4 hours from Melbourne
through Geelong province, assisting provide by GPS devices
included in our car rental package...:)

here the Malaysian driver
were not worried bcoz
the same feature practised here:
right hand drive..

but the rules is slightly difference
if we drive in the city of Melbourne
since they hv tram,train,bus services
around here to lessen the traffic-congestion...

4 this latest adventure
outside city of Melbourne
we just extend our previous car :
Ford Falcon XR but the skin now changed
from gray to light blue...

even though we tried to rent
the cheapest one available in
budget thriffy..but we decided
it is more cheaper if we just
hold on to the 'dear falcon'...

actually, we were running out of time
to cover all tourist attractions in GOR,
so we managed to arrive at
Martyr Bay::Lorde & Gorge::12 Apostles ::
situated in Port Campbell National Park, Victoria
but only just...:)

the view is so spectacular,captivating
and breathtaking really...
since the aforementioned location
be watched from the
structured walk built in
the steep cliff so near to the Pacific Ocean...
[the wheather is around 3-5 celcius all the time ]

after that,
we studied the map to set up
the shortcut ~
through Lavers Hill,
185km from PCNP
C155 road to Colac town
then shoot to Avalon Airport, near Geelong...

we arrived at the airport
around 7.15pm,
return back our 'falcon'.
check-in.chatting.depart.
with jetstar aircraft with
8.35 p.m departure time

touch down 10.05 p.m
in Sydney International Airport

now,preparing myself
to embrace the Sydney city by bus...:)

10 Most Confusing Things In Trans4mers : ROTF

" Berdua Lebih Baik untuk menghapuskan Konco2 Decepticons "


" Bumblebee and its convoy arrive at the NEST military base airport "


" Optimus Prime fighting like martyr fighter all the way.. "

Just now, i had a chance to watch this movie on last sunday,
personally, i felt the storyplot is so predictable,
but what i didn't see is the
logical sense in the making of this film
being exposed in details....;)

Excerpt articles from Matt McDaniel :-

"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" made over $200 million last week. What it didn't make, however, was one lick of sense.

Now, suspension of disbelief is usually not a problem for me. Tell me that a billionaire could put on a bat suit and swoop around fighting crime and I'll buy it. Or that a different billionaire could build flying armor in his basement. Or that in the future people will beam onto spaceships with their pointy-eared best friend. I'll accept all of it. I'll even take your word for it that a mechanized alien race can come to our planet, scan some cars, and turn themselves into vehicles.

That being said, there were moments in this new "Transformers" movie that were so confusing, so contradictory, or so corny that they completely took me out of the movie. Even days after watching it, some new inconsistency or plot hole would pop into my mind.

I can hear it already: "It's a popcorn movie. It's based on a bunch of toys. It's just supposed to be fun." And yes, all of those things are true. But that doesn't mean I can't ask questions about what in the world was going on. Here are the ten that I most want answered. (WARNING: contains spoilers).

1. In "Transformers," there was this giant battle in the middle of downtown Los Angeles -- excuse me, Mission City -- that was witnessed by thousands of people at the very least. But somehow the government was able to cover up the whole thing, and now the existence of alien robots is just an internet rumor? How did they do it? Pay off everyone who was there and quickly fix millions of dollars in damage? Also, didn't Keller (Jon Voight) go on TV and tell everyone we were being attacked by "a technological civilization far superior to our own"? How did they spin that?

2. There are two pieces of the Allspark cube left: the military has one under lock and key, and Sam discovers another. The Decepticons steal one and bring Megatron back to life. But when Sam (Shia LaBeouf) wants to bring back Optimus, he has to find the Matrix of Leadership on the other side of the globe. Why not use the other piece? Mikaela (Megan Fox) has it in her backpack the whole time. It brought his kitchen appliances to life, why can't it do the same for Optimus?

3. Speaking of Megatron's rebirth, when the Decepticons venture deep into the ocean to revive him, the Navy crew tracking them reads five contacts. When they get down there, they tear apart one of the robots for parts to rebuild Megatron. Then as they rise to the surface, the same Navy guys say they spot six contacts. The little "Doctor" robot popped out down there, but he's about a third of the size of a person. Would he have shown up on sonar?

4. That reminds me: even if I were to forgive the Doctor's German accent -- and director Michael Bay is asking me to forgive a lot of ridiculous accents -- why would a robot need glasses? He has little lenses that flip in front of his mechanical eyes. Couldn't he just get his eyes adjusted? You'd think with all the laser guns, someone could perform a Lasik procedure.

5. Apparently, Transformers can look like people now. How? And how is it that even though the robo-girl (Isabel Lucas) is made of metal, she can still straddle Sam without crushing him. And if Bumblebee knows something's wrong with her, why does he spit antifreeze at her instead of telling Sam? Yes, his voicebox is broken, but wasn't it fixed at the end of the last movie?

6. The Fallen is the last of the Primes, since they all sacrificed themselves to stop him from destroying the sun. But then he says that Optimus is a descendant of the Primes. First, Transformers have kids? And second, how could he descend from them if they were all dead? And if the Fallen could only be destroyed by a Prime, why didn't the originals just gang up on him back in the day? And what makes Optimus so special, anyway? Megatron beat him earlier, but all it takes is a few spare parts from creaky old Jetfire for him to take out the Fallen?

7. Sam, Mikaela, and Simmons (John Turturro) go to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. to find Jetfire. Then they walk out the back onto a wide open field with old planes and mountains in the distance. When did the National Mall start to look so much like to Tucson, AZ (where they really filmed that scene)?

. The geography is just as bad when they go to Egypt. The stone city of Petra in Jordan is over 250 miles away, over mountainous terrain, with few paved roads and the Israeli border between them, so how can they drive from one to the other in a couple of hours. And the Pyramids are said to be shooting distance from the Mediterranean, but they are actually well over 80 miles inland. Even if the Navy ship had a secret rail gun, and even if the captain would take an order to fire from a former agent of a government branch that no longer exists (over a walkie-talkie that inexplicably starts working again), how could it hit a moving target from that distance?

9. Sam briefly dies and goes to Robot Heaven. Robot Heaven?!?!

10. Where does Sam's bandage come from? What about his extra sock? Why does Sam's roommate not contribute anything at all? What was the Fallen doing for those thousands of years Megatron was frozen in ice? How does one satellite receive transmissions from everywhere on the planet? Why does Wheelie hump Mikaela's leg? Why do we have to see John Turturro's thong? Why are robots who join together to become Devastator also seen fighting the Army at the same time? Why does the government want only our military fighting Decepticons when our weapons seem unable to make so much as a dent on any of them? Why did the ancient Egyptians build a pyramid around the sun-destroying machines instead of just breaking it? Why is the Matrix of Leadership bigger in the Fallen's hand than in Sam's? And how do Mikaela's pants stay so clean?