Carousels

school holidays have finally come to an end. :( starting from tomorrow i'll start studying again for another 7 weeks and i'll soon be enjoying myself in singapore/japan. this spring break has been the best, i enjoyed myself so much! in this short two weeks, i did a whole lot of activities from looking at big fat smelly cows to having VIP treatment at crown casino. i couldn't ask for anything better. feeling so fortunate and re-charged for the remaining weeks.

merrie's mum stayed at my place for a week, and she just left this afternoon. last monday, merrie, kimseng, rachel and i brought her to royal melbourne show. it's our first time going for this event, and we had lots of fun. wasn't really interested to go for it, as i always had the impression that it's something like moomba festival in march, just that you have to pay entry fee.
passed by degraves and had an impromptu breakfast at little cupcakes. kimseng and merrie's mum love them. yeah, definitely the best cupcakes in the world.

the first thing we saw at royal melbourne show was the cows. never in my life i've ever seen so many cows at one go. and mind you, there are HUGE. i was the only one in that huge hall that kept pinching my nose cause they stink. really wonder how the others could just walk past the cows as if they were breathing fresh air.

went to visit the beautiful horses too. yay, one of my favourite animal. :) look what they did to the horse's mane, its so pretty. best thing is, the smell was hundred times better than the cows. by the way, there was a cow and horse beauty peagent competition going on too.

there were so many game stalls, and the soft toys there were way better than moomba's. kimmy helped me played a game and won a winnie the pooh soft toy for 20 bucks.

dutch pancakes are never a miss at carnivals and fun fairs. why don't they have them in singapore? oh wait, are there even carnivals in singapore? they should sell them at pasar malams.

big, fat, juicy and sweet strawberries dripped with melted milk chocolate. sigh, why am i always having desserts for lunch?

look at all these fudges, they look so pretty! bet there's tons and tons of sugar in it.

damn, i want a birthday cake like that for my 20th. there was a art and craft exhibition hall, and we saw these pretty cakes on display. the bakers are so amazing, everything's handmade and edible.

there were so many rides too, thrilling and fun ones. wanted to sit some of them but they all had really long queues and each ticket was like 10 bucks. i had enough of rides, especially just flying back from gold coast.

but we couldn't leave without sitting one. kimseng, rachel and i had so much fun on that ride, it wasn't scary at all and it was SUPER LONG. the three of us just sat in one car, and it goes around in circles while moving up and down slopes at a really really fast speed. it was the most tiring ride ever. hands and backs were aching after, and my tummy was so painful due to laughter during the ride.

i have no idea why rachel and i had the guts to go for the haunted house walk. the last time i went for one was in universal studios california when i was 13. my family went into it thinking that it was some 4-D simulation ride. it was so scary, and i hardly saw anything inside.

apparently this haunted house was featured on the australian news. kimseng has always been to such houses and he admits that this is the most scary one. i was hugging and pulling him, and rachel was doing the exact thing to me. the three of us walked in a row, and kimseng was our eyes guiding the way since we girls had our eyes closed and heads down. kimmy left us a few times cause apparently, freddy krueger was chasing us!! real people do chase and haunt you with hammers and saws. really scary, but it was a really funny experience.

one main distinction from moomba are the show bags. they have a really huge variety, from cadbury milk chocolate to FHM show bags. of course, you have to pay for them, but the stuff inside them are really quite good. ah seng went around looking for gossip girl show bags since they were out of stock at most booths, and managed to get one just before leaving. how ironic, gossip girl and manchester united.

around 5, rachel and i went over to crown while the rest headed home. i joined her cell group for a laser quest game and it was really fun. we had little lamb's steamboat buffet for dinner, and we ordered so MUCH food. they can really eat man!

my back was aching so badly from the ride that i had to get a massage from rachel before bedtime. it was a very fun yet exhausting day. i shall not complain, cause that beats studying anytime. :)