Day 4: 8th anniversary

Day 4 - drive from Launceston to Hobart

The whole drive took us about 8 hours because we took a detour to see Bay of Fires and Wineglass Bay. We managed to see the Bay of Fires but not Wineglass Bay. It was because we needed to trek about 30-40 mins one way up a hill in the national park to see the view of Wineglass Bay. Seeing that we reached there at 2ish and being behind time, we decided not to go see it 

We took the long way to Hobart on the coastal drive. But we didn't see much which was quite a let down

We took turns to drive seeing that it'll take us a long time to reach Hobart. I started driving from 9.40 am after having breakfast till we reached Bay of Fires at 12 ish. Then he drove till we reached the national park to see Wineglass Bay which we didn't end up seeing lol

So he drove from 12 pm to 3ish then I drove until we reached Sorrell (a town before Hobart). We changed drivers there because it was getting dark and I'm not confident with driving in the dark

As I was driving, we passed by quite a few interesting things. For example, seeing a group of turkeys walking around at the roadside, a cow on top of a small hill while the other cows were at the bottom looking at it, and passing a hill called break-me-neck hill

Driving into Hobart was quite exciting seeing the city being livelier than Launceston. It was definitely a good decision to go to Launceston first before going to Hobart. Firstly, the city is much more livelier. The hotel is grander. We have more things to do in Hobart as compared to Launceston

It was such a good day to check into Grand Chancellor Hotel today. The hotel even gave us complimentary champagne. Can't believe we're celebrating our 8th anniversary today. Even though we said we won't celebrate it but it was nice to remember how many years that we've been together

Day 3

Day 3 - Cradle Mountain

Started the day at Esk Market. Think yesterday's market was better than today's because there's more food and produce to look at. Today's market had loads of second hand goods. Much like Camberwell market in Melb

The produce is in baskets. Too cute

Saw a cute lil pram. Would like something like this for my future daughter to play with

Selfie's are a must when your just travelling as a couple

Driving in the fog on the way to Cradle Mountain. It was around 11ish and still super foggy. Unbelievable

We love ice cream so much that we don't mind eating it even though it's freezing outside. It was so good. He had cookies&cream and I had hazelnut

We've finally arrived after driving for about 2 hours and 30 mins. Made a few stops here and there that's why it took longer than expected

We had to register before starting our walk. It's so that they can keep count of who comes for a walk and where the majority of people go for a walk. Also it's so that they can make sure everyone leaves at the end of the day and they can find anybody who are lost

My dear husband looking like the ultimate tourist today

Dove lake behind us. Freezing cold!!!

Look at how clear the water is

It was so calm and beautiful. God is such an amazing creator!

Went on the enchanted walk which was such a waste of time!!!

Saw this cute lil bushes!! Don't know what it's called but it's so so cute! Small lil round bushes

Saw this funny sign board. It was either the car going over the kangaroo or the kangaroo lifting the car up. Funny

Went to the Mud Bar Restaurant for dinner. It was so good that we didn't mind it being insanely expensive

Breakfast: poached egg, spinach, mushroom, and cheese panini. BBQ chicken pastie. The panini was extremely yummy but the pastie tasted a bit off because it was like mashed up chicken instead of chicken meat

Dinner: pagan apple cider, sourdough bread with tom yam spread and roasted garlic spread. Entree: seared squid with tamarind chilli paste, pickled carrot and ginger, coriander, and Asian greens. Mains: seared duck breast with sticky black rice, caramelised rhubarb, ruby grapefruit salad and fish fillet, prawn, scallop risotto. 

The seared duck was interesting because we've never knew duck could be eaten slightly pink AND we had it with sticky black rice which we usually have as a dessert! But all in all, we had a lovely dinner that we didn't mind paying a lot for

Day 2

Day 2 of our holiday. This holiday was much needed because I've been feeling stressed in uni

Had breakfast this morning at the market. We had lamb sausage bun and lamb burger. It was good but the best was the sweet treats. We had more sweet things than savoury. There was a stall selling brownies that was to die for. We had the salted caramel brownie and death by chocolate. It was amazing!! Wished they had a shop in Melbourne!!

Cataract gorge. We spent a few hours there since there were quite a few things to do but also because we were taking our own sweet time

Love the number plate here. It looks so cute!

But look at this car. Doesn't it look weird?? Lol

Our first time seeing peacocks so up close and personal. They were going to people looking for food! Amazing!

Went to a Creole restaurant for dinner tonight. It was definitely not worth the price. Can't believe that the reviews said it was good. It definitely wasn't and it was expensive for the quality of food!!

We had Cajun popcorn chicken, prawn scampi creole for him, and BBQ Boston butt for me

We had cold rock ice cream for dessert. This was his 2nd time having it so it was quite fun for him

The whole town was extremely quiet today. We thought today would be better since yesterday was already so quiet. But nope, today was even quieter!! 

What was funnier was that everyone were crowded at the ice cream shop. All the young girls dressed in short, tight dresses when it's so freezing cold outside. They had 2 mums there taking care of them since there aren't any frequent public transport

Day 1: holiday!!

Off to Tasmania on my birthday!! So excited! We've been looking forward to this trip for so long!

Waiting to move out onto the runway. We watched the sunrise because we've been here at the airport since 6 am

He rented a volkswagon golf for me since it's my dream car!!! It's so amazing to drive and be in!!! Soooo nice!!

We've arrived to the sleepy town Launceston

He had oysters for entree. Kilpatrik dressing on one side and red pepper with lemon sorbet on the other. Both of it was really yums!! But I don't think I'll ever like oysters

Blue lipped mussels for him

And pan fried fish for me. 

Both the dishes were really delicious!! All worth the money

Where we had dinner... Hallam's Waterfront Restaurant

i did it!!

this was the toughest semester! no words can describe the stress that i felt.

so i just submitted my last assignment yesterday. i seriously am over and done with it so as i was looking through it once more, doing the finishing touches on it, i couldn't care less. i just wanted it submitted and not to have to think and worry about it. 

i double, triple checked that i had the uploaded the right assignment. the assignment was a huge one with 34 pages worth of nonsense, photos, and reflections. 

after clicking submit, i literally shouted for joy. i've never felt so relieved to finish up a semester.

and i also just submitted my preferences for next semester's timetable. hopefully i did it correctly and not mess up my timetable. i want everything to be back-to-back so that i don't have to waste time in uni. i hate having breaks in the middle. 

i can't believe it! i'm officially on holiday!! well, not really holiday since i'm planning to work part time for some $$$ :) but oh wells

oh and in exactly 10 days time, we'll be on our way to Tassie!!!!!!!!!!!!

a very very very VERY much needed holiday!! i can't wait!!

Recap of half a year

Haven't been updating bout anything at all. There's been so much happening that I don't even know where to start. Well, this semester has been the hardest and crappiest one ever!!! 

I've been so so stressed with all the assignments so much so that I told the husband I need a vacation.

When we got married, we said that we'd want to go on trips every 6 months. So far, we've been keeping to that. This time we'll be going away for a week and to celebrate my birthday at the same time

So much has happened since the last time I updated. I can't even remember when was the last time. So I'll just put up bits and pieces

We watched the Australian open which was on the husband bucket list

We celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary at Daylesford

Then we went home for CNY. All of our relatives except one came back from the US and we from Melb to celebrate together. We haven't been doing so for a long long time

It was our first year giving out ang paus which felt quite exciting yet weird. We thought we wouldn't receive any ang paus but we did. It could even cover almost all of the amount that we gave away. That was pretty amazing!!

Then we celebrated his birthday over a simple dinner because we spent quite a bit of money when we went back for CNY. Although it was still under the budget that we initially planned for the trip back

Okay. I'm starting to get lazy of updating about my year from the start. Maybe I'll continue another day. But I've got to say, for now I prefer updating this Dayre than the blog because I have enough of sitting and staring at the screen trying to research and do academic writing of thousands of words for my essays. I would prefer to just write about whatever comes out of my head without any filter

For now, I need to get out of bed because the time allocated to do my next sem's timetable is opening soon. So gotta go!!!

going out of my mind

this semester has really done a toll on me not just physically but mentally. every time i get home from class, i'm too tired to do anything but just rest. well, actually it's not just this semester. i was like this last year also. maybe i've just had enough of studying haha but when i start work, i won't be able to skip work just because i don't feel like going

i've been trying to do my assignment since it's going to be due next week but i can't seem to get a head start on it. i've done my first assignment which was quite straight forward because of the amount of guidance by the lecturer. but it was also because she specified what she wanted out of it. unlike this other lecturer who just gives an open-ended topic or rather sentence from the textbook, then she asks us to discuss about it. i hate such assignments! it's so open-ended i don't know where to begin and end. 

so i decided to do another assignment which is a reflection of each week's lecture topic and it's only 250 words. i mean how hard can that assignment be right? wrong! it so difficult that after writing 2 posts (because it has to be done digitally. so i created a blog for it) my brain felt so tired and heavy.

i've noticed that the subjects this semester requires a lot of critical thinking. i've been thinking so much that i felt like my head was about to burst. right now i don't even want to look at this computer. i don't even want to type anymore. my body is aching to be away from this computer. yet, i need some place to rant. i need some place to complain. i don't think i'm even making any sense right now. i keep getting so many spelling mistakes because my brains and body can't take it anymore. ah!!!! 

but my assignments are due next week! feel like screaming and shouting!!! i need a holiday!!! come on!!!