cairns trip

have been pretty busy after the trip to cairns, test, prac exam, case studies ......
and the calculation test was very cruel, ie, either 80% or above or retake the test..
i now just hope Jing and i will make it.

but anyway, they are all over! (for now)
no more assessment this year and the only thing left is the finals!
really dont wanna think about the lectures that i have skipped
that reminds me of how many online lectures i have to go through before finals.

so about CAIRNS,

the first 2 days were HUGE disaster!!

virgin blue flight was delayed due to their system broke down..
although delay seems pretty common but this was a massive one..

I reached the airport at 4.50am for my 6.00am flight
and I was still in a who knows how long que that never seemed to move at 6.00am..
was already frustuated to the max and when I finally made my way to the check-in counter the receptionist said she couldnt put us on this flight because it was full!
they messed up a few flights and then they put passengers onto other flights to mess more flights up and annoy more people! (at least one more which will be me =( )

after 15 or 20 minutes of sorting they figured they would put me on a direct flight to cairns at 8.35am instead.
and guess what, that flight was delayed too.
i spent about 5hours at the airport, which wasnt really fun at all.
and this made me arrive @ Cairns later than expected so I had to change the plans.

well anyway, I made it to Cairns, and it was quite kampung to be honest.

and whats famous about Cairns? snorkerling and diving in the coral sea!
I was really excited about this one. It was my very first time to be in the middle of the sea.
I only managed to soak in the sea for about 10 minutes or so.. it felt great!
but motion sickness really took a lot of fun away, those pills didnt work for me, sadly.
I felt very sick and the first thing I wanted to do was to get back to the land and stop floating.
I think boat trips are really not for me and I will hardly consider another boat trip again.

3rd day was great!!
went to Mount. Kuranda and Hartley's crocodile farm.
butterfly park in Kuranda was awesome.
There were hundresds of them, which was quite scary too when they fly towards/near you since they are quite BIG. they are very beautiful nonetheless =))
also walked around the markets on the mountain and visited a fall.

and lastly the crocodile farm! (the one i'd been looking forward to)
I had always wanted to go for a crocodile adventure, just like the movie, a lake and a boat.
it was scary but I really felt like doing it, together with the thoughts of "what if i fall into the water!?!" (phobia from the movies)
the thoughts are stupid i know.
I already went snorkerling in the middle of the sea.
I could have been eaten by the sharks anyway.
I gathered as much courage as I could and went onto the boat that had an unknown amount of crocodiles beneath it.
It was great fun!

was a shame that not many photos were taken.
since my face was sensitive with the skin product during the skip. arrgghhh