takes a lot of effort to keep updating the blog...but good progress, i'm back to post more pictures.
And so for the aussie long weekend, we finally stayed in Echo's place after talking about it for so long. These 2 giraffes were found in the rooms of Echo's hsemate to Yap's delight...she was so enthralled by the 2 creatures that she had to take multiple pics of them. There were 2 gigantic bears as well which were like "WoW" big in the house and so huggable.
The "Reunion" dinner between Sydney and Melbourne kids on Chu2 Xi1 itself. We were all preparing to lou hei and had a good lot of other dishes fit for a reunion dinner of this size. Only thing was, i was too busy following the tennis match on tv that night b/w Dokic and Kleybanova to notice the tastiness of the food on the table :P
Subsequently had another lou hei at home also.
A picture taken at Hisense arena where I watched the tennis open the second time around...except that we were not that lucky enough to catch big shot players like Nadal, Federer, Williams or Jankovich unlike last year. This is also the Vodafone arena last year.
Since we're in Melbourne...how can we forget to spend some time exploring the arts here! We knew Wicked! (a Broadway musical) will be playing in Regent Theatre in Mel and planned way before to get tickets to the show and it definitely was worth every cent paid. The cast was amazing and a very elaborate theatre setting just sets the stage to capture the audience's imagination. During intermission, we went out to get the "ozmopolitan" drink which suits the emerald theme and has a stem which changes color...how cool is that?
Yes, it's the season again. Time to take out the tennis rackets for games and following the odds on betfair on who will be the next Australian Open champ. $2m up for grabs...eventually won by Rafael Nadal & Serena Williams
one of the best jetty photos i have taken. The waters are so so clear and makes you want to dive into the sea straight away. it's the perfect place to spend a saturday afternoon frolicking on the beach and then marvel at the colours of the sea. There's a good restaurant just beside this walkway called "the baths" (very apt) that serves pretty nice food too. but more so because it hs big windows that open out to the beachfront. ahhh....
This is just another snap of the lovely place called Sorrento, south of Mornington Peninsula.
to discover the black sand beach...
have a luau dinner complete with pina colada & kahlua pig... 
dinosaur hunting in jurassic park...
drove the crazy hana road to trek to the twin falls...
swam with fishies @ Hanauma Bay...
had a mai tai in maui...
and watched the sunrise above the volcano....
to marvel at the stalagtites and stalamites (is that how it's spelt? ah...nvr mind)...
and pretend to be a cave woman...
took a family photo too!... 
and invited friends over to try the crabs and hainan chicken...
and celebrated Ben's birthday!
