Last Sunday, Grace and I went to a multicultural festival at the Roma Street Parklands

This poor boy got bullied by Charlie Chaplin

Gypsies!

Grace is pondering the mysteries of life …

… or she’s wondering if frogs can jump on these lilypads

I wish I could just lie down and roll in that hill behind me …

But I’d probably just smash into this crowd listening to music here …

This singer was so cute, singing to little children. The song went “..and the monster was in the toilet and he went poop poop poop!”. Needless to say, the children enjoyed it. Ok, so did I …

It was a really great day, I really should get out in the sun more often

It was raining hailstones today !

Me and Maiko. Oh and a werewolf …

leon, gracie, kenny and jason foo at some club in Gold Coast. Notice that gap in the middle ? That’s where I should have been, if not for the fact that I have 3 assignments due this week

Ok , that’s all the photos I have. Here’s some stuff I sketched instead of paying attention in class:

Oh , the little words there are spanish, as translated by my Colombian classmate.

Brisbane Riverfire Festival

It was 30 minutes of fireworks by the river! Then there were jets flying around making loud noises! But somehow, watching fireworks without a special someone is just not the same.

Studying throughout the weekdays

My weekdays are basically filled with assignments and studying. I found a spot in university where I like to bring my laptop and overlook the dry forest outside. The scenery makes doing assignments easier to bear …

a weekend in the city

On the weekends, I would head to Brisbane City to hang out with my friends. Usually we’d drink ourselves silly, attend some event and play computer games until the sun rises. Then we’ll get terrible hangovers and the guilt of unfinished assignments.

Me and my guitar, Bob.

I just bought an acoustic guitar yesterday! I’ll call it Bob, named after my old mosquito racket (god bless his soul) and my ex-colleague Bob (the blues man). I just like the name Bob, okay.

jason, leon, kenny & jason

I’m drunk at the moment and this is a photo of the guys. Check out my tomato face …

fuck i forgot to bring my passport, I can’t go clubbing !! FUCK

Otherwise known as the Ekka, this exhibition is held for 10 days each August to celebrate agriculture. I’ve always wanted to see some animals since I came here to Brisbane so I headed down to the Ekka with John, Michelle and her parents last Monday. It’s times like these I wish I had a real camera instead of my phone camera.

Some sweet rides

They painted the scream on a cow’s ass

mmmm … cotton candy … mmmm

tall white creepy men on stilts

this pig was so huge ! like 5 feet long ! hmmm .. bacon

hmmm … duckies

I never knew what is an alpaca. Now I know it’s like a miniature llama.

A farmer and his dog

 The dog was quite amazing. The farmer would say “go fetch the black chicken” and the dog would do just that ! Then the farmer said “now go get the white one. No , not the big one, the small one … ” and the dog would get the small white chicken ! That was pretty cool in my opinion.

Well, if I had a better camera I would have posted pictures of the amusement park, showbags, chariot races, rodeo, motorbike stunts and awesome firework display. But I don’t

All in all, it was a really awesome event and I can’t wait for the riverside festival next month. Hope I can take better pictures next time !

Now that I’ve been here a while and got most of the problems sorted out, I’ve found time to enjoy ! Here are some pictures of the recent adventures :

Brisbane city, as viewed from Southbank

Southbank as seen from errr… Southbank

Alien balloon and me.
During orientation, we were required to write on a balloon what problems we were facing. My problem was alienation. I will blog about this in the next post.

My lunch yesterday

I’ve never cooked before this, but I think I enjoy cooking!

My housemates, Jasmin and Leo.
Jasmin is from China and Leo is from Taiwan. That surfboard behind belongs to Leo.

Nabilla and me at the Modern Art Gallery.

Check out those colors behind us !

Giant balloons from the Modern Art Gallery.

Humpty and Patrick peeping out the bag

hello everybody ! I’ve been feeling miserable here in Brisbane but I had fun in Melbourne! Too bad I don’t have all the pictures ( you know, other people’s camera .. etc etc) . Anyways, my fingers are freezing so I’ll just post up some pictures:

I met the great Zack Kim in the airport. Turns out we’re on the same flight. If you don’t know who he is, check this out.

This is a view of the airplane wing from my seat. It accurately describes what I feel at the moment. Flying free but lonely.

  This is Southbank, near the Crown Casino. Angelene refuses to appear on my blog

 This is the view of Eureka tower from the bridge near Flinder’s Street.

I stayed one night in Monash, Clayton Campus with my brother.

 The next day, me and my brother moved to a friends place near University of Melbourne. This apartment is called Uropa and I kinda like the lights.

Melbourne Central. Why does my camera take depressing pictures?

Anyways, if I get more pictures from friend’s cameras, I’ll post them ya. I’ll complain about my time in Brisbane next …