I had this sudden chong dong to post pictures =)Friday, November 28, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Woooo!!!!! just realised that maomao's blog got a lot of nice photos!!! AND her blog has the ability to show WORDS AND PHOTOS in the same post.....http://molliewobbles.blogspot.com/ go and see!!!! (got me inside haha i'm becoming more ego)
anyway, I passed my PPL interview!!!! so i'm going for med checkup tomorrow, and if I can pass that as well, I'll be on my way to becoming a pilot!!! muahahahaha.... (ok, in case you dont know, I'm NOT going to be in the Air Force or Singapore Airlines dear, so you'll still see me in Nanyang mugging homework....haiz)
wish me good luck. :)
anyway, I passed my PPL interview!!!! so i'm going for med checkup tomorrow, and if I can pass that as well, I'll be on my way to becoming a pilot!!! muahahahaha.... (ok, in case you dont know, I'm NOT going to be in the Air Force or Singapore Airlines dear, so you'll still see me in Nanyang mugging homework....haiz)
wish me good luck. :)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
我们上报了！！！=）好开心。。。
报道／林仁余 摄影／庄程毅（联合学生摄影队）
一个国家的首都城市应该是什么样子？对15岁的符玮婷来说，应 该是个挤满高楼大厦的大城市，可是当她来到澳洲首都坎贝拉时，见 到的城市景象却让她意外，到处是空旷空间，不远处有山脉作为背景，住宅区的房舍好多都隐身在树木之间，很有生活在大自然中的感觉 。第一次到澳洲的卢子斌（16岁）也觉得，坎贝拉的城容很有规划， "作为一个首都城市，景观的确很独特。"
符玮婷和卢子斌是"爆米花游学之旅@悉尼坎贝拉"的团员，这是他们首次的澳洲旅游经验。这趟游学之旅由《爆米花》、澳洲旅游 局、坎贝拉旅游局及新南威尔斯旅游局联办，来自不同学校的19名中 三、中四学生，在之前举行的华文专题作业比赛中赢得了"游学奖" ，在11月7日至15日，到坎贝拉及悉尼游学参观。
游学之旅团员包括：德明政府中学的林杏贤和邓晓舟；华侨中学 的蔡旺志、俞正航、傅子祥、洪子劲、温承易；裕廊中学的卢子斌和 邓诚熙；南洋女中的宋凌暄和江兰馨；义安中学的杨欣怡和麦文薏； 国大附中的成瑜晗、毛佳、廖彗伻和黄佳怡；思励中学的陈慧慧和符玮婷。领队是早报副刊《现在》执行级编辑林仁余。
游学之旅分别从澳洲的政治体制、文化、科学、艺术、环境生态 各个方面，向团员介绍坎贝拉及悉尼。除了参观之外，旅程也着重交 流及亲身体验，让学生有更立体的学习经验。
早上起来就见袋鼠跳来跳去
在坎贝拉旧国会大厦，团员有机会坐在曾经是政府内阁及国会议 员辩论国事的国会议堂，还扮演国会议长及总督，通过戏剧方式，了 解澳洲国会的历史。参观澳洲战争纪念馆时，因为隔天是第一次世界大战结束的90周年纪念，很难得地在馆外遇上纪念典礼的彩排，肃穆气氛及哀伤的号角声，为馆内的战争记忆增添了一层感性。
团员宋凌暄就特别喜欢比里格埃（Birrigai）户外教育中心。她说，住在野外，周围是大片大片的平原，周围没有其他房子，早上起 来，袋鼠就在中心周围跳来跳去，这和新加坡到处是高楼、到处是汽车的环境很不一样。
结束坎贝拉四天的旅程后，团员们乘内陆飞机飞到悉尼，展开五 天充实的旅程。在这个澳洲最大最热闹的城市里，学生除了参观各个 景点，还乘坐由澳洲原住民经营的游船，漫游悉尼海港，一方面从水上欣赏悉尼歌剧院、悉尼大桥及高楼林立的悉尼市中心的美丽景致， 另一方面聆听原住民文化的介绍。 网上资料全真实显现 国大附中的廖彗伻和黄佳怡参加比赛的华文专题作业，是以悉尼 郊外蓝山（Blue Mountains）的紫罗兰山洞（Jenolan Caves）为题材，所以蓝山之游对她们来说特别亲切。
团员在这里乘坐缆车，从高空欣赏蓝山壮观的景色，也随着护林 员在夜晚走入野林中寻找荧光虫（Glow Worms），第二天又到紫罗兰 山洞，亲身体验洞穴探险。廖彗伻说："之前我们是从互联网上收集 紫罗兰山洞的资料及照片，现在亲身站在洞穴里面，资料上的一切全 真实显现了！"
在进入野林寻找荧光虫之前，团员还有机会体验澳洲人最喜欢的 消闲方式——在公园里BBQ，自己动手准备晚餐。德明政府中学的林 杏贤发现，澳洲人的烧烤方式和我们不同，用的是铁板式的电炉，而 且最难得的是，公园里公用的烧烤炉，使用完之后会清理干净，方便 后来的人使用。
九天的坎贝拉及悉尼的游学之旅，让团员们从不同方面了解澳洲。国大附中的成瑜晗总结这次旅程的经验时说："这是很体验式的旅 游，我们亲身去爬洞穴、去探险、去参观、去交流，甚至还扮演澳洲 的历史人物，是很有教育意义的旅游方式。"
学生的旅游感想，将发表于明年1月的《取火》版。
报道／林仁余 摄影／庄程毅（联合学生摄影队）
一个国家的首都城市应该是什么样子？对15岁的符玮婷来说，应 该是个挤满高楼大厦的大城市，可是当她来到澳洲首都坎贝拉时，见 到的城市景象却让她意外，到处是空旷空间，不远处有山脉作为背景，住宅区的房舍好多都隐身在树木之间，很有生活在大自然中的感觉 。第一次到澳洲的卢子斌（16岁）也觉得，坎贝拉的城容很有规划， "作为一个首都城市，景观的确很独特。"
符玮婷和卢子斌是"爆米花游学之旅@悉尼坎贝拉"的团员，这是他们首次的澳洲旅游经验。这趟游学之旅由《爆米花》、澳洲旅游 局、坎贝拉旅游局及新南威尔斯旅游局联办，来自不同学校的19名中 三、中四学生，在之前举行的华文专题作业比赛中赢得了"游学奖" ，在11月7日至15日，到坎贝拉及悉尼游学参观。
游学之旅团员包括：德明政府中学的林杏贤和邓晓舟；华侨中学 的蔡旺志、俞正航、傅子祥、洪子劲、温承易；裕廊中学的卢子斌和 邓诚熙；南洋女中的宋凌暄和江兰馨；义安中学的杨欣怡和麦文薏； 国大附中的成瑜晗、毛佳、廖彗伻和黄佳怡；思励中学的陈慧慧和符玮婷。领队是早报副刊《现在》执行级编辑林仁余。
游学之旅分别从澳洲的政治体制、文化、科学、艺术、环境生态 各个方面，向团员介绍坎贝拉及悉尼。除了参观之外，旅程也着重交 流及亲身体验，让学生有更立体的学习经验。
早上起来就见袋鼠跳来跳去
在坎贝拉旧国会大厦，团员有机会坐在曾经是政府内阁及国会议 员辩论国事的国会议堂，还扮演国会议长及总督，通过戏剧方式，了 解澳洲国会的历史。参观澳洲战争纪念馆时，因为隔天是第一次世界大战结束的90周年纪念，很难得地在馆外遇上纪念典礼的彩排，肃穆气氛及哀伤的号角声，为馆内的战争记忆增添了一层感性。
团员宋凌暄就特别喜欢比里格埃（Birrigai）户外教育中心。她说，住在野外，周围是大片大片的平原，周围没有其他房子，早上起 来，袋鼠就在中心周围跳来跳去，这和新加坡到处是高楼、到处是汽车的环境很不一样。
结束坎贝拉四天的旅程后，团员们乘内陆飞机飞到悉尼，展开五 天充实的旅程。在这个澳洲最大最热闹的城市里，学生除了参观各个 景点，还乘坐由澳洲原住民经营的游船，漫游悉尼海港，一方面从水上欣赏悉尼歌剧院、悉尼大桥及高楼林立的悉尼市中心的美丽景致， 另一方面聆听原住民文化的介绍。 网上资料全真实显现 国大附中的廖彗伻和黄佳怡参加比赛的华文专题作业，是以悉尼 郊外蓝山（Blue Mountains）的紫罗兰山洞（Jenolan Caves）为题材，所以蓝山之游对她们来说特别亲切。
团员在这里乘坐缆车，从高空欣赏蓝山壮观的景色，也随着护林 员在夜晚走入野林中寻找荧光虫（Glow Worms），第二天又到紫罗兰 山洞，亲身体验洞穴探险。廖彗伻说："之前我们是从互联网上收集 紫罗兰山洞的资料及照片，现在亲身站在洞穴里面，资料上的一切全 真实显现了！"
在进入野林寻找荧光虫之前，团员还有机会体验澳洲人最喜欢的 消闲方式——在公园里BBQ，自己动手准备晚餐。德明政府中学的林 杏贤发现，澳洲人的烧烤方式和我们不同，用的是铁板式的电炉，而 且最难得的是，公园里公用的烧烤炉，使用完之后会清理干净，方便 后来的人使用。
九天的坎贝拉及悉尼的游学之旅，让团员们从不同方面了解澳洲。国大附中的成瑜晗总结这次旅程的经验时说："这是很体验式的旅 游，我们亲身去爬洞穴、去探险、去参观、去交流，甚至还扮演澳洲 的历史人物，是很有教育意义的旅游方式。"
学生的旅游感想，将发表于明年1月的《取火》版。
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
day 1
Day 1 ^^ 
group photo!!! =)
cute cute post box @ changi airport!!!
Pictures of our motel.
And dinner: fish and chips specially cooked for us. =) After dinner, the girls said they wanted to play cards IN OUR ROOM????? And then one minute there were 12 ppl and the next they were all gone. And while waiting I fell asleep on lanxin’s bed (I was supposed to sleep at the upper deck, my apologies lannie), with my clothes specs everything all on. And on top of the blanket. At 8pm. Turned out that it was the only day when I had proper sleep. =) And at 2am I woke up shivering and wondering why everyone had blanket except me, and it was then I realized that I was sleep ON TOP OF IT, which has the same colour as the bedsheets. And there goes my first day.
group photo!!! =)
cute cute post box @ changi airport!!!Wooo!!! Went to airport at 9.30pm. wasn’t late!!! Haha. Took a group photo, and said byebye to dad. And while waiting to board, we saw this cute Post office car in the airport!!! You can buy postcards and stamps and send to your house. Hmmm. Inpired me.
And im with lanxin (of course) and two dunman high girls-hangyin and xiao zhou. We are in this group of 4 and well, we are just grouped together. Of course, we became very good friends later on. And then we took the plane!!! And I mistook it for A380 and was wondering why it was so small. Blur blur!!!! And after a long long flight, we reached Sydney. and we were supposed to buy our own lunch at the airport. And the girls shocked maye (our tour guide) by ordering: 1 2-slice sandwich, 1 salad for 12 ppl. And about 5 shakes and 3 yogurts shared between some of us. And what did the boys eat? Hungry jack full course meal, which is something like burger king, the largest size available in Singapore. And at the airport, I realized that the wheel on my luaggage went missing. Probably still in that plane now. SW 231 I think. And it gave me lots of trouble in the 9 days ahead, including a injured finger. And so we transferred flight and went to Canberra, on a 45min trip.
And im with lanxin (of course) and two dunman high girls-hangyin and xiao zhou. We are in this group of 4 and well, we are just grouped together. Of course, we became very good friends later on. And then we took the plane!!! And I mistook it for A380 and was wondering why it was so small. Blur blur!!!! And after a long long flight, we reached Sydney. and we were supposed to buy our own lunch at the airport. And the girls shocked maye (our tour guide) by ordering: 1 2-slice sandwich, 1 salad for 12 ppl. And about 5 shakes and 3 yogurts shared between some of us. And what did the boys eat? Hungry jack full course meal, which is something like burger king, the largest size available in Singapore. And at the airport, I realized that the wheel on my luaggage went missing. Probably still in that plane now. SW 231 I think. And it gave me lots of trouble in the 9 days ahead, including a injured finger. And so we transferred flight and went to Canberra, on a 45min trip.
And first place we stayed in is the Carotel motel, which isn’t very appealing on the outside to be honest, but ITS REALLY VERY RURAL AND REFRESHING!!!! Its like when I was young and I walked along the fields at my grandmother’s house. Which I totally liked.
Pictures of our motel.
And dinner: fish and chips specially cooked for us. =) After dinner, the girls said they wanted to play cards IN OUR ROOM????? And then one minute there were 12 ppl and the next they were all gone. And while waiting I fell asleep on lanxin’s bed (I was supposed to sleep at the upper deck, my apologies lannie), with my clothes specs everything all on. And on top of the blanket. At 8pm. Turned out that it was the only day when I had proper sleep. =) And at 2am I woke up shivering and wondering why everyone had blanket except me, and it was then I realized that I was sleep ON TOP OF IT, which has the same colour as the bedsheets. And there goes my first day.
2nd day --National Museum, NASA, Birrigai
2nd day --National Museum, NASA, Birrigai
real stardust!!! @ NASA
a moon rock. apparently they have a lot at the moon, but theres only one @ NASA, australia.
real stardust!!! @ NASA
a moon rock. apparently they have a lot at the moon, but theres only one @ NASA, australia.
8th day
8th dayHad Maggy mee for breakfast!!!!! Wow the Maggie mee sure tastes BAD. China ones taste the best!!! Woohoo!!!!!! I don’t like Australia mees. So I resorted to cereals, which I vowed not to eat at all.
Then we took a 1 1/2 hour ride to the Jenolan caves, which is the highlight of the day!! And the highlights of the whole trip as well. Wince they sponsored our whole trip I guess it’s all right to write hao yi dian for them in the articles. Which unfortunately I had volunteered to do so as well, along with the A380. I always seem to choose the weirdest topics. As usual.
And I took some nice photos on the way to jenolan. The rest of the time spent stoning. Did I fall asleep? I’m not sure. Maybe. But I definitely don’t remember. I think towards the end I dozed off a bit. Like usual. I always sleep when its time to wake up. >.< but the photos are nice nicey!!!!!! Oooooo I like them….
And so we reached. As we had a grand draw lot ceremeony while eating mee in the morning, im proud to announce that I’m in for the plug hole!!!!! If you don’t know what that is, that’s too bad. Cos that’s the best thing you’d want to do!!!!!!!! And the coolest activity too. Like the 冒险王 show you always see on TV. Just like that type of activity.
So the reason its called plug hole is because its like a plug hole. You know, the sink you had in your house? First, the garbage and dirty water rushes in from the big open sink, then they go through the plug-hole, then enters a long tube, then the S-tube, then more long tubes and finally out of the sink territory and into the grand pipe. Which is exactly what we did.
So the reason its called plug hole is because its like a plug hole. You know, the sink you had in your house? First, the garbage and dirty water rushes in from the big open sink, then they go through the plug-hole, then enters a long tube, then the S-tube, then more long tubes and finally out of the sink territory and into the grand pipe. Which is exactly what we did.
First, put on harness and get down the hole from a rope. Forgot what that’s called, but you should know. Just watch the TV. You kick and swing and step onto the rocks and slide down. Sth like that.
Then, we went through a series of tunnels, holes, rocks, more rocks, more holes which are too small for us to BELIEVE that we can actually squeeze through, until the guide (who resembles santa claus) demo-ed to us. And so we squeezed some more, crawled like worms and TADA!!!! Slide down more slopes. Come to think of it, it really closely resembles a sink. The pipes and everything.
And on the way, we saw a squid fossil in the rock, and some words written by the ppl in the 19th century, about 150 years ago. Cool! To think how they managed to get out in the end, with candle light the stuff. (we got head lamps on our helmets you see, and we look like we work in the mines +))
And then more rocks and tiny weeneey holes to go through!!! Its really hard to describe, and I don’t have enough photos here. Haiz. Didn’t bring camera along. Anyway, there was a moment when the guide asked me to stretch my legs to reach a rock that’s like 1.5m away from me??? With each leg on one rock, and by that time cos im so short I had no choice but to let myself float on air while my other two hands held desperately to the two rocks which I could grab. And phew!!! I slided/floated/zoomed over to the other side. And these things happened a lot.
Then, we went through a series of tunnels, holes, rocks, more rocks, more holes which are too small for us to BELIEVE that we can actually squeeze through, until the guide (who resembles santa claus) demo-ed to us. And so we squeezed some more, crawled like worms and TADA!!!! Slide down more slopes. Come to think of it, it really closely resembles a sink. The pipes and everything.
And on the way, we saw a squid fossil in the rock, and some words written by the ppl in the 19th century, about 150 years ago. Cool! To think how they managed to get out in the end, with candle light the stuff. (we got head lamps on our helmets you see, and we look like we work in the mines +))
And then more rocks and tiny weeneey holes to go through!!! Its really hard to describe, and I don’t have enough photos here. Haiz. Didn’t bring camera along. Anyway, there was a moment when the guide asked me to stretch my legs to reach a rock that’s like 1.5m away from me??? With each leg on one rock, and by that time cos im so short I had no choice but to let myself float on air while my other two hands held desperately to the two rocks which I could grab. And phew!!! I slided/floated/zoomed over to the other side. And these things happened a lot.
And we finished the whole adventure in about 2 or 3 hours, going 100m underground. If you really want to be fast I think you could try free-fall down, but you wouldn’t want to be tied to a rope and hung in mid air and get ppl to pull you up in the end. At least that’s what happened to some adventurers in the 1800s.And because jenolan is also high up in the mountains, my ears hurt a lot as we came down.
Cos we were so late we were late for the Olympics park tour, since the but takes 2 ½ hours to travel back to Sydney. And so we had a tour on the bus instead. But its still quite fun la, and with the nice sceneries and everything.Dinner: at Chinatown in a restaurant!!! Chinese food!!!! Mmmm you’d love Chinese food if you keep on eating fries steaks etc for days.
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