riverfire 2008

Quick recap of the last two weeks!

Lyn, Munks and Zel = busy busy BUSY with uni workload.

August 19th - returned goods to kuching =(

August 21st - Harold and Kumar moved into new home in Annerley

August 30th - took the boys out for Brissie's big annual event, Riverfire

One monkey hadta go solo on this outing as the other two had assignments due the next few days... quick info - Riverfire is the big opening to Brissie's annual Riverfestival, to celebrate their environmental heritage.

Best bit of it all?
Riverfire - the City's biggest fireworks display from one end of the river to the other, fully synchronized to music on live radio.

The show started off with the popular Roulette's aerobatic airplane formations at 5pmAlthough the fireworks won't come out till 7pm, Southbank is already packed with human beings of all shapes and sizes by 4pm.
It's only worth the wait if you're looking for the best vantage point to catch all action.

And we did =D

This video may not be from this year's Riverfire, but it'll definitely give you an idea of what it's all about...

If you're wondering about the two moving bright lights at the end of the vid, they're the F1-11 jetfighter planes that swoops in at the start and end of the fireworks display.

Big opening, bigger bang ending!

What's the bad thing about going to a big event like this, is the crowd. Yep, the CROWD - half a million Brisbanians crammed along Southbank. That's NOT exaggeration btw. Getting outta Southbank took us 2 hours last year, so instead of trailing the rest of the herd, we headed over to IMAX to catch a movie. Quick movie review!

Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller + Rob Downey Jr. + Jack Black = one funny movie!

Didn't expect the surprise cameos tho! Lookout for Tom Cruise. REALLY didn't notice him til we were halfway thru the movie!

'tis the season to gra-du-ate

fa-lalalala-lala-la-la

FINALLY...zeL gets to graduate.
HOORAY!
In honor of this long awaited event of a lifetime, here is a glimpse of today's actions.

Before the ceremony started, graduands had spare time to kill.
How? Chillin' out, Aussie style - standing by a bar, cold beer in hand.

Getting seated in the empty Concert Hall

View from down there

View from up here!

The glorious moment, which only lasted approximately 30secs.
*Sigh*
3 years for a mere 30sec walk.

Being 3rd on the conferral list is no fun at all. After the first 30mins yawning between 5mins interval, there's nothing much to do but to play 'hide and seek' with the audience.
(hint: top row, 3rd from right)QUT, Gardens Point Campus

le tiga monyets

Proud parents =)

Thank yous going out to Suren, Sheila, Munks and Lyn for wonderful grad gifts =D
muchos gracias amigos~

• attend zeL's convo at QPAC, CHECK.

NEXT!

ekka ekka ekka, ey ey ey

The Ekka in Brissie is possibly the only fun thing that comes with its own public holiday, just so anyone and everyone has a chance to squash, push and shove thru the overcrowded RNA showgrounds, all in one day. But of course we didn't wait for that day. That would only be SUICIDE for us mini pocket-sized Asians to roam scattered, un-armoured and weapon-less amongst big crowds of oversized (sometimes smelly) angmohs (picture cute itsy bitsy Hobbits (us) scampering amongst Urukhais (THEM). Not cool, not cool)

Walking rounds at the fun and games section, we had lotsa trouble overcoming our dilemmas from one stop to the next.

Dilemma #1 : To masok or not to masok?

(not sure if spelling error is deliberate or not...)

Dilemma #2 : To main or not to main?

Main jak.

Regardless of how much we ended up spending at the game booths, menang juak akhirnya. Heh.

The infamous Showbag Pavillion
(showbags = random branded items chucked into a bag)

"No, sir. That does not go in there. We'd appreciate it if you could pull your pants up now, sir."

"Sir, please close your mouth. You're scaring the children."
All's well that ends well.

Because we didn't go home empty handed =D

• go to Ekka, CHECK.

NEXT!

three down, two to go

• attend brenda's birthday dinner, CHECK.

• have bbQ lunch at southbank, CHECK.

• collect old folks from coolie airport, CHECK.

Take ONE...

Take TWO...

Take THREE!

Kids, don't play with your food. Only adults can do that =D

Mr Razin and his cutie-petutie Little Miss Sahara

NEXT!