Mooro

The Aboriginal name of Perth is Mooro.

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From Auckland to Sydney to Perth.
After 10 months of not seeing my family...I met them there.

Perth, it's not such a boring place after all.

my family came from malaysia together with

aunty dorothy and aunty emily

we all stayed at ee poh's (grand aunt's) place

5 December 2010, Sunday
Auckland-Sydney-Perth

6 December 2010, Monday
- Dropped Zac and Caitlin to school.

 

- And off we went head south to Albany (approx. 4 hours drive to south)
- Picnic at Williams'.

- Lunch at The Bretzel.

 

- The Sandalwood factory.

 

- Checked into Havana Villas at Albany.

 

- Gap and Natural Bridge, Torndirrup National Park

- Blowholes, Torndirrup National Park

- Desert Mounted Corps Memorial.

7 December 2010, Tuesday
- Denmark.
- Bartholomews Meadery (Honey centre).

- Toffee Factory.

- Valley of the Giants where we did the 'Ancient Empire'.

- Lunch at Pemberton.

 

- Gloucester Tree (my sis and i climbed up 61m to the top of the tree).
*it's worth the climb.

- on the way we stopped at a fruits' wholesaler.

- back to the city @ Tak Chee House with hong-hong koko

- Caitlin's graduation @ Good Shepherd Catholic School.

8 December 2010, Wednesday
- lunch at Kim, Marangroo Drive

- Sorrento Quay, Hillarys Boat Harbour

 

- back to ee poh's house

 

 and here's chin chin

- michael's place for dinner

 9 December 2010, Thursday
- met up with Celine che che and Chantrea
- Black Swan Winery and Restaurant for lunch

 

- Yahava Koffee Works

 

 

- Chocolate Factory

 

- Houghton Wine Tasting and Gallery

- Mondo Nougat

- Alfred chek chek's house for dinner with the family

 10December 2010, Friday
- Fremantle

- lunch at Cicerello's

- walk around Fremantle 

 

- Kings Park and Botanic Garden

- back home and off to airport heading to Melbourne after that.

dear ee poh and uncle brendan, 

thank you very much for the 

place to stay and for the whole trip in perth.

and also thank you for

my 21st birthday, graduation and xmas presents!

love them.

already missing you both, zac and caitlin.

will see you soon.

xoxo

 With love,
Jade

cheers to us!

And yes, it's time for us to celebrate!
To us, GRADUATES- Class of February, 2010: AUT

Bachelor of Business, Majoring in Advertising and Marketing
Alia Ibrahim, Bryan Teng, Jade Lim, Jill Wong, Justin Tham, 

Keith Columbus, Vivien Toh and Wei Jun

Bachelor of Communications, Majoring in Public Relations
Reema Bhullar

We had our graduation dinner at Occidental at Vulcan Lane 

together with Denise, Jae Shen and Jennifer.
good food, awesome environment, great people.

to my flatmate, Reema, thank you for the 

joy you bring in our apartment!

Good job, team!

thanks, Alia for the support and everything you did for me.

yes, we made it through!

 

to the friends i know the longest in Auckland, Justin and Bryan.

it's been 4 years since i met you guys from IACT.

thanks for always being around when i need you guys!

 to Keith, thanks for the being part of the Muhibbah
journey down to Coromandel.

thank you, Jill for everything and also the mussels! ;p

to the ever supportive couple...

a big thank you, Denise and Jae Shen for everything!

and to our dear Jennifer, you rock and we all love you! :)

thanks, hun for being there!

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I had Chicken Vol-au-Vent for dinner. 

it's chicken, mushroom and leeks cooked in a 

creamy white sauce served in a puff pastry 

case on roasted baby potatoes.

it's delicious, seriously! :)

Went to invito at chancery for drinks after dinner.

thanks to invito for the perfect environment!

it's been our favourite hang-out spot for the past couple of months.

to tears and laughter, 

to exams and road trips,

to friendship, and to long lasting friendship,

cheers to us!

this chapter ends here,

and a whole new chapter begins now...

With love,
Jade

play of lights

28 November 2010, Sunday

justin cooked salmon and mussels for dinner. 

had it at justin's + nigel's.

and it's time for our light sticks experiment!

 

With love,
Jade

207

my last day sitting here.

10 months of being a 'reality tv superstar'.

to the very responsive audience... 

for the 'cat calls' and the 'cheers', thank you.

to the friends i met, it's been a pleasure. 

to the landmark of Auckland, you've been an inspiration.

yes, the sky tower!

(but sadly.. on my last day here, it's too cloudy and i can't see the tower)

to my favourite spot to online and do my readings,

thanks..i've made it.

i wore my robes and threw my mortarboard 3 days back.

to the smoke alarm, 

thanks for telling the world that i am cooking.

to the comfortable brown couch,

you know that everyone loves you.

goodbye, my volt 207.

you will be dearly miss. 

*rain continues*

With love,

Jade

facebook.com/SayNoToNaff

“UNICEF is asking that instead of resorting to naff gifts that
clutter up the house, people SAY NO TO NAFF and give a gift that does
good,” says Dennis McKinlay, UNICEF New Zealand Executive Director.

30 December 2010, Tuesday, 1-3am
Thanks to Nigel Koeh and Justin Fong for helping me to chalk the streets of Auckland for UNICEF's Say No To Naff till 3am. We've covered Symonds Street, K Road, Ponsonby Road, and Queen Street.

i saw that UNICEF NZ needed help to chalk the streets from their fb.
since i'm so free and unemployed, other than searching for jobs,
i wanted to do something meaningful.
(yes, someone please hire me!)
i e-mailed them and they sent me a package with the chalks and a letter.
and there i went out to the streets with the boys to do the chalking.

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Get Good Stuff This Christmas! :)
www.facebook.com/SayNoToNaff

With love,

Jade