[QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 2015] - Movie World! (Part 1)

Day 3 (19/05/2015)

We headed to Warner Bros Movie World after our simple breakfast at the apartment. We took TX2 bus to Movie World and it was about 40 minutes ride. Movie World is a popular theme park in Gold Coast, Australia. With a lot of various movie-themed rides and attractions.

We bought our ticket from groupon before we went to Gold Coast. AUD80 for one person for the VIP Magic Pass, where we have the unlimited entries to 3 theme parks (Movie World, Sea World and Wet n' Wild). It was actually a good deal because a general admission to Movie World already costs AUD79.

Batwing Spaceshot and Superman Escape caught our attention once we entered the theme park. 

We went for the RIO: The 4D Experience show first. The show is about a 4D journey with Blu and Jewel, the last blue macaws on Earth, and see what unfolds when captured by the bird smugglers, and work together despite Blu's inability to fly.

Our first ride - the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster. It was an indoor roller coaster and you'll definitely get shocked because of the complete darkness. It's a four-seated carriage, so three of us went ahead for this ride together. Siewhui and I sat at the one behind where Jaz sat the one in front. Siewhui and I thought that it will be safer at the back row, but it wasn't.

When the ride began, we entered into a dark tunnel with creepy loud sound effects. The carriage then went very fast. We were kind of being thrown left and right real hard until we reached the end. The carriage stopped suddenly and we thought it was the end of the ride. But we were completely wrong. The carriage suddenly went up and we had no idea what was going on. When it reached the highest point, it stopped for about 30 seconds. And it suddenly reversed and dropped backwards. That was when Siewhui and I screamed our lungs out. We couldn't react as everything went too fast for us lol. I was able to see the tracks and when I looked down, it was quite high from the ground! Totally enjoyed this ride though we screamed our lungs out lol! 

Thoughts #5

It’s now one week into September. 16 more days left. Two unpack but soon to be over-packed luggage lying on the floor waiting for me. I should be excited.

I had some time to consider what it is that I am so excited for, and what my expectations for this journey might be. It has already further ingrained in my mind that the only fact: I hate packing. It’s just awful.

Weighing and reweighing my luggage to avoid weight limit fees and prying myself from something each time that I had deemed necessary has been no easy process. Even though I keep reminding myself that I’m going to another civilised country where I can purchase anything I need, but the freaking exchange rate that keeps dropping making me trying to lug everything if possible.

I think the only thing that excites me the most is to learn. To learn something new about new places and people, unlike myself and my usual surroundings. Hoping that by immersing myself into a different culture, I’m inspired to think in a manner differently than I ever have before. Probably I’ll acquire a new perspective or a new way of articulating opinions. Because I think if you are not constantly learning and pushing yourself to become a better person, then you are complacent. Complacency is not a good thing in a way.

I’ve had a lot of friends fly overseas in the past few years, and only now am I realising how much courage it must have taken for them to leave. I always thought it was easier to go than to be left behind, but now that I’m the one stepping onto the plane, I’m finding that notion challenged to a great degree.

There’s a silver lining in that: how lucky I am to have something that’s so difficult to part with – geographically, at least. I suppose bridges will be crossed when I reach them. 

For now, all I can do is to be grateful for the time I have left, and to spend it with the people that matter most.

[QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 2015] - The Golden Coast! (Part 4)

After our late lunch and rested for awhile, we headed back to the Sky Point Observatory Deck for the night view.

Having our drinks at Waxy's Irish Pub