Perth 2014 (Day 4) - Orchard Glory Farm Resort

LET ME START BY SAYING THAT THIS WAS NOT WHAT I HAD EXPECTED FROM A FARM STAY 

We reached Orchard Glory Farm Resort at around 5pm and it was already getting dark!! 

Picture credit to Mr Chua (you can see his reflection in the glass doors hahahaha) 

And you can tell the difference here between a Canon and a Nikon DSLR camera in these 2 pictures. I find that pictures taken with a Canon DSLR has this really soft and dreamy ~feel~ and I quite like it actually 

But nonetheless team Nikon all the way ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ 

We found a portable heater (that Dana is standing in front of) and it was probably the best thing that ever happened to us (and our soaking wet clothes from the Pinnacles Dessert rain) that night :''''''') 

And yes the sofas for the the chalets are all different LOL there's a picture of another chalet at the end of this post AND THE SOFAS ARE DIFFERENT TOO 

Hahahahahaha spot my Spongebob hoodie reflection 

They have a full kitchen (with utensils and everything wtf), a dining table with 6 chairs, 3 bedrooms and 2 toilets!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Left picture credit to Mr Chua 

This is Mr Chua's chalet but Marilyn and I took this room too!!! Doesn't it look so homely and cozy wtf I cannot take it sia. AND ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING DRENCHED AND COLD AND UNCOMFORTABLE, being welcomed by a cozy and HEATED bed is the best thing T_T

TOILETS WERE ALSO HEATED AND THE SHOWER AND EVERYTHING ELSE WAS WORKING FINE 

Lol after the 6 of us finished marvelling over the wonder that we call our home (for that one night), we headed out for a ~night~ tour around the farm's wine place storage warehouse factory thing 

Picture credit to Mr Chua 

Beanie cause we cute 

This is the farmer from the farm (lol duh) next to Orchard Glory, and he was the one who gave us this tour haha 

Here he is talking about how wine is so expensive and how he'd think nobody would want to pay $1000 for a bottle 

Putting the cap cover sticker label thing over the cork??????? 

Picture credit to Mr Chua 

Picture credit to Mr Chua 

Picture credit to Mr Chua 

Upset because we didn't get to drink and test the wine :( :( :( :( :( We were all very slightly below the legal age to consume alcohol :( :( 

After the tour, we headed back to wait for dinner.... 

BUT BUT BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD A ROOM WITH A PING PONG TABLE AND A POOL TABLE???????????????????????????????????? 

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Mr Chua and Emil playing ping-pong aiyo cutest thing I saw that night HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

It's like the two of them teach the more technical, research side (aka boring) of Psych, and seeing them outside of school (or Singapore for that matter) is just so refreshing and nice??????? I mean it's not like they're super strict in school and all (because none of the Psych tutors are honestly) BUT YOU KNOW LIKE FOR ONCE we don't have to associate them with boring research methods but with fun things like Perth and Ping-Pong!!! 

MEANWHILE 

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Adjoining function room for makan time 

And lolol at the two dudes getting warm at the food tray light thing lol

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This was mutton curry, beef franks, grilled lamb, chicken kebab and cheeeeeeeesy potato gratin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wtf the potatoes were so oily but whatever la I'm in Perth LOL and I even took a second serving of potatoes T_T

I never liked BBQ food because I've always associated BBQ with (sometimes uncooked) chicken wings and (frozen aisle) hot dogs..... BUT THIS ONE IS LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM wowowowowow now my expectations for the subsequent BBQs I go to have just soared way up high wtf T_T T_T T_T 

Picture credit to Marilyn 

Back at our chalet with Nicole, Amanda, Sydney and Marilyn before we headed over to Nicole and Amanda's chalet for supppppppppperrrrr 

L: Super nice mirror that make your legs look 10x nicer than it really is LOL
R: Chef KaiXin cooking korean noodles for everyone 

Hanging out with the cool kids HAHAHAHAHA 

(and lol wtf I sit until damn unglam wtf wtf) 

A lot of the Year 2's who went were from class 01, while Mari and I were from 02. I was afraid that we were going to be outcasts but everyone was so friendly :'''''''"'( Nicole even asked us to hang out with them in their hotel room at night when we barely just started talking to each other :'''''''''( And then when we reached the farm, they also invited us over :'''''''''''( 

And the switch for the electric blanket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

It ended up being so hot I had to remove my blankets wtf LOL because the whole chalet and room was already heated well enough :'''''''''') THAT NIGHT IN BED WAS LITERALLY THE HOTTEST I HAVE EVER BEEN SINCE I REACHED PERTH 

Anyway the next day was the coldest morning out of all the morning's we were there, so the heat didn't last too long LOL ok bye!!!!!!!!! 

I can see the love in Your eyes

Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me

Oh I can see it know
Oh I can see the love in Your eyes

Perth 2014 (Day 4) - Pinnacles Dessert

This week has been super busy and I'm always soOoOOOoooOO tired and frustrated but it's ok I will push on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Just a random toilet stopover but the place was so pretty T_T

So much space to roam around in!!!!!!!!!!



At another stopover at (yet again) another hugeeeeeeee wide opened space for our healthy lunch
IT WAS ALSO FREEZING COLD THE WIND NEED TO MAINTAIN SIA HAHAHA

Look at our takeaway lunch box!!!!!!!! Super fancy and cute sia wtf. I ended up only eating 2 1/2 slices of chicken and 2 bread rolls but shiiiiiiiiiiiiok max


Emil the Green Ranger who went around collecting "clean plastics" from our leftover lunchboxes
He was so proud of his plastic collection hahahahahaha it was tooooooooo cute

Carlyn and I wanted to visit the toilet and we had to walk(run) quite a fair bit to get there
RUNNING IN THE COLD ALSO DAMN SHIOK it's like instead of getting hotter, you get even colder????????? And it's such a spectacular feeling?????????

It was quite nice to just look ahead and not see any buildings or tall skyscrapers haha
All the super pretty views just made me feel so amazed with the world and God's creation.

Appreciate

School is tiring and I am tired and I get so sick of all the assignments I have to finish up 

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But then again I realize that I'm doing things I never thought I'd do, I'm accomplishing things I never thought I'd accomplished, I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn.

I'm also getting pimples I never thought I'd get hahahahhahaha 

I'm getting an opportunity that others in the world want but never had... I'd never understand how other people in the world (especially women) will feel because I've had the chance and resources to go to school ever since I was young. I guess it's because I will never understand how they feel, that I really take my education for granted sometimes. And at least I'm studying something I like because seriously speaking, Psychology is something I honestly really enjoy learning about. 

So no matter how much I complain, at the end of the day I'm just really, really thankful that I can study. 

Sidenote, 

GRADES DO NOT AND CANNOT AND WILL NOT DEFINE ME 

Got to keep that in mind because as important as it really is, I cannot let grades be more important than my family, friends and most importantly, God. 

Okay ByEeeEEee I said I'd get to bed before 2am but it's 2.15am now and I haven't finished my work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Perth 2014 (Day 4) - Lancelin Sand Dunes

All these scenery photos were taken from inside the (moving) bus because we didn't get to explore much haha 

Lancelin Sand Dunes 

Deceivingly scorching hot and warm 

BUT REALLY THE COLDEST AND WINDIEST PLACE WE WENT TO no joke no joke at all!!!!!!!! 

Had the shock of my (our) life when we went down the bus and realized it was absolutely freezing cold!!!!!!!!!!! Even the sun that was warming the whole bus up, didn't help in heating us at all when we were off the bus lolol 

Brandon, our tour bus driver, teaching us how to properly sandboard 

Above 7 pictures credit to Mr Chua 

The sand dune doesn't look steep here but IT WAS wtf 

It also looks like it was very easy to climb up to the top but IT WASN'T wtf 

Now that I'm looking at the photos idk why it looks so calm and peaceful when it was really the total opposite 

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL EVERYBODY LOOKED AND HOW HIGH IT REALLY WAS 

After much persuasion I convinced myself to go up 

Start of our treacherous and dangerous journey up the mountain of sand doom 

Lol can you see me at the bottom left using the sandboard to pull me up 

The sandboard isn't very light in the first place, but the wind was so strong it actually blew my sandboard away from me!!!!!!! I don't really remember exactly how it felt lol I just knew it was so scary wtf. Like the winds could just blow me off any minute and send me flying down the hill banging my head on the bus 

And it was a sand dune after all so obviously sand went all over our bodies and our face hahahahaha 

Sand does not taste very nice 

I already wanted to give up but thankfully Mari told me to go on sniff sniff 

AHHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAA THIS WAS THE WORST PART and ya that's me with hair all over my face 

It was so embarrassing wtf because I started crying and panicking so so so so much. I wasn't expecting it to be so steep????? And sidenote tears + sand don't go very well together HAHAHA 

I was with JunXian, Marilyn and Val, and they all had to wait for me to get over my fear and keep convincing me to just go ahead with the ride. AFTER LIKE 5 MINUTES OF PERSUASION (and reasoning with myself - because if I don't go down, the 3 will go down without me and I'll have to walk down the sand dune ALONE and walking down is probably way riskier than going up wtf), I just pushed myself and the board down AND I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Ok lol it was all over in a matter of seconds and I don't even remember what it felt like T_______T 

I would have gone for a second round but I didn't want to go through that emotional ordeal again wtf 

Maybe next time cause I quite regret only going down once :( 

Sand all over my mouth and glasses and hands but not even 1/10 as bad as others HAHAHAHA 

Picture credit to Valerie 

With Mari and Val hehehe thanks for persuading me to go down and dealing with my panicking 

Hahahahahahaha 

So hard to take a decent picture because hair like shit LOL 

Cold aside, the sand dunes were actually really, really pretty 

And though it was super cold I would have prefered this waaaaay over the heat HAHAHA 

Klarance, Mari and I and the only 3 people from our class who went HAHA 

Picture credit to Mr Chua 

Almost all of the people from our Psych Year 2 batch 

Couldn't have asked for a better bunch of people to go with because everyone here were so welcoming and friendly :'''(