japanese food

have been eating pure japanese home cooked food this few days. of course the food were prepared by taro's mum and they are really good. too bad i din take photo cos everytime just forgot. this few days also got the chance to walk around cairns city and some other places. din really go any where also but i think is really fun for now. really having very relaxing life and eating good food.

journey to cairns

just some random pictures from the 2nd day of the travelling. reached rockhampton the first day and stayed there for the night after driving for 6-7 hours. then 2nd day spent abt 13 hours on the road. very tired journey.

now in cairns. everyday is very hot unlike gold coast tho gold coast is hot. every morning now, i will play basketball, play with dog, megu and also swim in the pool. is really relaxing. after that will shower and then eat lunch. today also did some pull-ups cos i long time never do liao. cos none of my houses have, only my amk house. anyway is really good to wake up early and then exercise. still wanna explore more of cairns cos din really explore much.

move house

well... i just moved house to southport. had a hard time packing. anyway now all my things are in my new house. will be living with my god-sister the coming year. hope it will be good. now enjoying my life in cairns. very hot weather now!

super tired

have been travelling around this few days.

started off by following esther's mum and her brother to go harbour town to shop. nothing much, just walk around and shop. then went back to grab my clothes and went to ipswich cos need to attend esther's graduation the following day. came back to gold coast and stayed with them in surfers and at night, went to ashmore to have dinner again. then today went to mt nathan to the winery and had some wine tasting.

also got the chance to cut my hair in zap when i was at surfers. was accompanying esther and her family to the beach and happened to see zap got no customer. so went in and asked if i can cut then or not and since no customer so i can just cut lor. not so sure who cut my hair cos din she din talk too much to me. so when i finished cutting, i was talking to yuko, the first person who cut my hair in zap. found out that she will be going back to japan soon cos of her visa. came to zap the last time but she was not here cos she said she went back for some funeral. i din really know i was talking to yuko all the time during my haircut. just not too sure if is yuko cos she changed a bit so cant recognise and also if i know she is yuko, i would have asked her to cut for me. but all good, i got a pretty decent haircut and got a free shampoo. now my hair short and good for the summer. have to wait for another year for yuko to come back.

still felt a bit tired after so many days of non stop travelling. shld be going up to cairns soon, not too sure when. kinda look forward to the trip cos will be driving up and i believe it would be a lot of fun to be up in cairns.

meeting in the morning. have to sleep real soon.

yaris vs swift

was driving the 1.3 yaris last t week. felt that the car is really underpower but is still nice to drive. very small car and very easy to u-turn as well as easy to park. the acceleration of the first and second gear is relatively high and the gear ratio of the 2 gears are very close. in fact the gear ratio of all the gears are very close. the engine is always at quite a high rev. something i really like is the car when travelled at high speed, i can really feel the car being pushed down, not sure if is due the the aerodynamic or others. the car is also very stable even when i am accelerating at 130 and above. the cornering is also very fun and is really easy. not sure how the car would perform with a 1.5 engine? really hope i can try. however the car is really small, the back seats and the lugguge space is very limited which is not very good.

yesterday, i also have the chance to drive shuan's swift. at first i was doing my standard driving. then shuan was asking me to change gear only at 3000 - 4000 rpm and so i did. the car does produce a decent amount of power with a 1.5 vvt engine. realy can feel the difference with the 1.3 vvti engine. was being forced to do wheel spin and also full accelerate during cornering. was a bit scared initially cos is not my car and dun wanna damage his car. but overall, i think i quite like the car cos of its power and also the stability. dun have the chance to test when is at high speed, only drive in those neighbourhood areas where there are heaps of roundabouts and winding roads. the swift has the same problem with yaris which is the limited space at the back seat and the lugguge space. think honda jazz is the only small car that has the best back seat and lugguge space. haven try the mitsubishi colt so cant comment on that.

just few weeks ago, i did also test drive the honda civics. the only auto car that i had drive among the three. the whole car is very wide and heavy. the i-vtec engine is really effective at high rpm, which is the nature of the engine. handling wise, maybe i still need to get used to the handling cos when i turn in roundabout, the car seem to oversteer and i had to make adjustment. not sure how it would be like if i was driving the manual one. due to its weight, the car is really harder to stop. not so sure about the engine brake cos was driving the auto version. cant comment anything about the gear ratio and also the acceleration.

overall, i had a fun time driving all the cars. hope to have more chance driving again.

updates

just went to sunshine coast yesterday. was the first time been there. visited the super bee, ginger factory and the macademia nuts factory. glad that taro and esther were there with us and was good taro was driving up and down the sunshine coast cos i dunno the location.

today just sent my mum off and when i came home, i was stuck in the traffic jam in the city. i think i did 23945 half clutching... it was really a very good exericse for my left leg. shld have spent $2.60 to go on the toll bridge and maybe i could escape the traffic. but all good now.

went to helensvale cos wanna buy some food the the rest of the week. was at kmart since jeff was there and i did tell him in the airport i would be there to look for him. had some of my exhibition photo printed and had them inserted into my ikea photo frame. now i have more photo to choose from , last time only one photo frame on my table which is the one i took with hitomi ages ago. anyway tool sometime for me to print the photos cos initially i was using bluetooth to transfer but then it din work so have to re send by my usb. after printing, went to have break with jeff and just catch up a bit cos never seen him for quite some time. din talk much before i go and get some food and went home. then went to return my rental car and also went to have the nagahama ramen at surfers.

next i went to southport cos need to print something. the print shop was recommended by my friend and he said is very good. but i think is ok only... well... maybe he got better service bah.

then came home cos was quite tired and had a short nap before i had my dinner. now still a bit tired. tmr still have to wake up early for a meeting. have to settle some visa issue tmr. well... i guess there are still a fair bit of things for me to settle before christmas and i think this year, will just be working on christmas. still not sure if will go up to cairns with taro and esther or not but i hope to go and see see.

new jacket

recently got this from someone. very nice adidas jacket. then still got 2 t shirts and also a door curtain. hm... very happy. all the size fits very very well... so got new shirts and new jacket to wear liao...