A fan of Korea....

Hehe....all Korean food...Maybe influenced by my Korean housemate.Lots of Korean handsome guy and pretty girl in my uni and the city,hehe. Actually i like to eat Korean food since my last visit to Korea last year...Their food contain spicy,salty,sweet...very unique taste yet good for health. I got them in China Town(Brisbane CBD)!! Upper Left is called Rice cake(Toupoukei), small brown casing is Korean Style Miso(DuanChang), centre red box(Korean Drama's red bean sup), Sea Weed(Upper Right) and 3 different types of Korean noodles....2 of us even bought a big packet of Kimchi and shared...nice..!

I even have a Korean name...is exactly convert from my chinese name - 허감상 ,pronunciation in English is "Hu Gam-Sang", funny huh? Thx to Julian, tried so hard to get my name translated into Korean words....hahaaa

Another Chinese's Heaven !!

Picture taken on the bus...nice,comfortable,efficient and friendly bus driver!!


[From Left]Vietnamese & French Style Beef Rice Noodle
Vietnamese Beef Noodle
Vietnamese Pork Chop Rice


Angeline....my coursemate


Jing Zhong & I...Nice pic huh?

This Monday(26 Sept) was a special day for me coz finally i had a chance to go to a place called SunnyBank, which is 30mins from Brisbane CBD. 2 of my Malaysian friends brought me along, thx to them! Today was also my 1st day of the mid sem break,so i decided to get myself relaxed as 2 days before...P/S Am I too lazy? :p

That place is juz like an Asian town, bigger than the China Town in city. Lots of Taiwanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean...mostly Asians...We had our lunch in a Vietnamese Restaurant. The waiter should be a Vietnamese and he used PDA to jot down our order.....WHAT?PDA? Yea...its so high tech until even a small restaurant also using PDA in ordering food. Cool huh....No words can describe how delicious the food were...really nice! We managed to buy lots of chinese food like Wantan Mee, Spring rolls,Bah Kut Teh's ingredients and others. I somehow saw You Cha Kuai....haha! But i didn't buy as its too oily....

I told myself that i must come here next time when i have free time...hehe...till then...cya!

Saturday Relaxing & Drinking Session....- 24th Sept 2005

Yeah....its one of my favourite day, Saturday, in my opinion, people can use this day to get themselves relax for a while after a tiring week. Of course, not too relaxing become laziness. Just let ourselves have a deep breath. This is quite a happening day for me as Julian (Korean housemate) brought me to China Town & Brisbane CBD. We had our lunch there and get some food supplies. I will attach some photos taken in China Town and city later...just stay tune....!!

After finish buying food and had our 'window-shopping', we straight headed back to our house. When we get down from the bus stop nearby our house, we immediately rushed to our own rooms, and get ourselves changed to join the people playing soccer just infront of my house.

We finished our game at around 5.45pm, quickly take shower and changed into clean clothes. Around 6pm, Julian brought me together to his friend's house to have dinner and 'drinks'...hehe! As you can see at the 1st pic, all of them are international students....2 girls from Korea, the upper centre with blue shirt is my Korean housemate, lower centre is from Thailand and the other guy is from China. They are studying English language in UQ Language Centre. Me? I'm the one taking photo...haha! We had some Korean food and snacks like Tou-Poukei and Pruege(beef)....nice! Its drinking time,wahaha....i managed to get myself a Vodka Lime Cordial...yeah...! I found that a liquor called Kahlua...mixed with milk...Yes..milk, the taste is like a ice-coffee...really impressive. We spent our time chatting, playing some games and watching movie.

Today is like a total relaxing day for me. I really need a full-day off as having quite some busy weeks....but have to back on track to study and do my assignment by tmr although i am having a so called 'holiday break',haha....Okie...gotta stop here...cya guys...!

2nd Warmness Visit In Aust....

Yea...Eddy visited to Brisbane and was on business trip like last time again. This time he will be in Brisbane for 5 days...He gave me a call once he reached Brisbane airport on Monday (19 Sept). Just after his work on Friday(23 Sept), he immediately came to my house, driving the same car(Toyota Avalon - powerful family car), rented from Avis by his company. As usual, we hugged each other when we met each other...what a warmth hugging...haha!

We simply chose a Japanese restaurant in Brisbane CBD(Central Business District) for our memorial dinner. This was my first ever Japanese food i had in Aussie...The restaurant is quite nice in decoration, the chefs have their own teppanyaki's showdesk to perform for the customers...! We have ordered Tori Katsu(Fried Crisp Chicken with bread crumps), Miso Spicy Chicken, Fried Tofu. The food was nice but we have spent $14(around RM42) for only 5 bowls of rice...gosh...haha...! Although Eddy paid the bill, but i still have to thank him very much. While having dinner, he told me his experiences that he had and learned here for almost 10 years! He clearly explained to me all I have to do being a student! Every single words are very precious and imperative for my future. Just after the dinner, i treated him back with Hot chocolate at The Coffee Club. I got myself a White Hot Chocolate...yeah!

Overall, I still very touched that he visited me twice in 2 months....and willing to spend his limited time with me...he is really care about me like his own brother, thanks mate. I will definitely visit you in Perth one day...hehe...till then, Cheers!

Mooncake Festival (MidAutumn Festival)

Yoo...just finished playing soccer...tired...and its time for dinner again, still thinking what kind of food to cook...!! Its good that all my friends are fine in Wolverhampton and Hull. My dear cousin
- Main('Pighead' :-p) already got back her luggages, luckily oo..!

Hmm...this year's mooncake fest was quite normal and yet special to me..haha...as i had it here in oversea. I didn't buy mooncakes here...:-( ...its $30(RM90) per box...haiz...nevermind, i will sure buy it next yr with my own pocket money earned from working...! Anyway, that's more than enough as i had a call from family...saying that they were having mooncakes and relaxing outside the house...they hoped i could be there together! I told them i will be there with all of you one day...hehe!! Thx dad n mum....wish all of you in healthy shape all the time! I miss all of you and FOOD...;-) as well...It is mid autumn festival for Korea also...according to my Korean housemate...he said all the families in Korea will be gathering together and have some autumn food,fruits....hehe...almost the same as what we Chinese do....

Okie...Its 6.40pm here. Till my next blog, cya...Cheers!!

Flowing of time....

Time flies by~~ Its 11.50pm here...Sleepy..-_- Tomorrow(18th Sept) will be my 2nd months in Australia...Wah...so fast...really freaks me off...Life? Of coz its as usual as wht a student have to do...study,doing lab reports,assignments,relax,sleep and EAT(Important for me).As i know, some of my UCSI friends ald arrived at Wolverhampton,UK by this morning...Hope they can enjoy spending their life there while study! Wish them best of luck,mates..!

Those pics i attached above were taken in China Town in Brisbane City which is called Valley.My Korean housemate brought me there together! It can be accessible via 2 bus rides from my living area (St. Lucia).A few Asian food based chain markets that is called Yuen's Market is my regular place to get my stock in..hehe!!There got lots of Asian restaurants such as Chinese,Vietnam,Jap,Korean,Thai and Malay restaurants as well. The food is nice but yet very expensive...T_T! During Eddy(refer to earlier blog for more info)'s trip to Brisbane, we had both our lunch and dinner at one of the Chinese restaurant and Korean restaurant. Thanks again for his treat and visit to me! I really thank him from my bottom of my heart.The moon outthere is really round,tomorrow will be Mooncake Fest according to Chinese Calendar(八月十五中秋节）! I managed to see some mooncakes here but it cost about $30(RM90) per box which contains 4 mooncakes! Gosh..luckily i'm not a big fan of mooncakes as its too sweet for me.Thus, ended up without buying them...save money on other food,hehe!

My mum juz gave me a call this afternoon, saying that my cousin(Main "pighead") and other group of frens ald arrived at Wolverhampton safely. Good then. I told her that i'm boring overhere, then she said:"This is the life of being a student, must try ur best no matter wht in order to succeed. Hard works will be proven one day!Just manage ur timetable and keep things going on!" Yea, she is totally right, i must BEAR everything and just can have a great time when coming back M'sia then.By the time, she said i can play and eat as much as i can! Wahaha...FOOD...I'm looking forward them!
So, gotta end here as it is 8 minutes past 12! Sleepy...Cya!

I have enclosed a link to the pictures taken during Ekka Day here,please have a look!
Ekka Day's Pictures