very fruitful and exciting weekend..

very hectic weekend for me but i really had fun. juz moments after i kind of finished up my thesis, whole lot of fun and activities for me to unwind before i start to get busy with the proof reading, binding and misc stuff for the thesis submission. & all the relaxing moments for me would not be possible without the presence of pple from back home, Singapore. it was such a coincidence that two of my friends, Jennifer and Jasmine r in Brisbane on the very same day! haha... so i got to get out of the house to relax and to meet up with them. felt so blessed all of the sudden ah. juz when i need some breather, pple from Singapore r here.. felt the warmth, felt the closeness and felt the happiness..

Jennifer, my poly classmate was here for her job. haha.. she is an air stewardess from SIA and this is a 1-day turnaround flight for her in Brisbane. so i met her on Friday for a dessert-lunch at my favourite place, Freestyle Tout. she wanna try something different from her usual Pancakes so i brought her to Freestyle. she is a chocolate and dessert lover so it was juz nice for her. hahaha.. hope she had a good time enjoying the yummy dessert. :D

Jennifer & I @ Freestyle on a Friday afternoon.. not much crowd at all.. nice ah...

then in the evening i went to meet up with Jasmine, my pri sch fren since i was 7 years old and her BF, Lian Cheng. Jasmine looked kinda shagged but i guess is becos of the long travel from SIN to Melbourne to Gold Coast then to Brisbane. & of cos i always enjoy the moments when i get to see familiar faces from back home when i am in Brisbane. my 1st instinct is always to hug the person! hahaha..

walked with the couple to their accommodation at Milton to check in and we waited at the apartment for Jasmine's friends who will reach at a later timing as they went to Movieworld. so three of us had a chat in the apartment and i was telling them whatever i knew abt Brisbane and its surrounding to provide them with more info abt their travel. sort of as a host, i hope to provide useful details for them ah... :D

upon the arrival of Jasmine's friends, we set off to somewhere in Taringa for Mexican food. woohoo!!! my 2nd visit to the restaurant. i remembered that last sem, i went with friends to celebrate a friend's bday and i really enjoyed the food. so tis time round, since the grp wanna try something different and specifically said NO fish and chips or pizza so i juz brought them to try Mexican Food. it was a long wait even when i booked the table. however the service was really good. they r attentive and very sincere in their service. the starter of Nachos was really yummy! is served warm and the sauce is juz so rich and delicious. they were saying tat it was very different from wat they ate previously so i guess they shld have like it. hahaha.. all our main course were yummy. though the menu was full of varieties and we had a hard time choosing, at the end we all managed to order the really yummy ones. so all was good. hahaha... here r the yummilicious food:

some beef wrap with mashed up kidney beans and rice..

the Mexican Chicken with mashed kidney beans and rice...

interesting combination of pineapple, banana and some meat with rice..
with bottles of local beer... we started our feast! hahaha...

on sat, i decided to stay home to finish up my thesis before i send to my aunt for proof reading. so while the grp went to Sunshine Coast, i stayed home. i joined them on sun to be their tour guide for the day. went to look for them at somewhere near to their accommodation in Milton. it was really good that they stayed so near to where i lived. really convenient via a direct bus ride. after their breakfast at coffee club, i took them on a short walk to Regatta Citycat Ferry stop to take city cat and have a river tour along Brisbane river. as we r cruising along the river, i tried to explain whatever i know. after abt an hr ride to and fro, we decided to alight at Riverside for the weekend market. the gals had fun as they managed to grab a few cheap bargains. hahaha... personally i oso quite like Riverside market. is big and full of varieties... yeahz!

after the market, i brought them on a short walk to the city centre, Queen Street. we had a bite at KFC. hahaha.. juz as i expected, their comments abt Aussie KFC is very same as mine, it seriously taste better than Spore's. :D then we carried on our tour. crossing Victoria Bridge to South Bank. they took alot of photos along the bridge and at South Bank. esp at South Bank, with Brisbane city as skyline, they had their 1st ever Brisbane Jump shot. haha.. i hope my photography skill was okay ah. hahaha... after the walk around Southbank and its market, we set off to the train station and took a train back to their accommodation to take the car so tat we can drive off to enjoy some yummy dessert and nite view at Mount Cootha.

2 days in a row, i visited Freestyle, ate the same dessert but with a different grp of pple. seriously till now, for every person i brought to Freestyle, all of them enjoyed their dessert. tat's a good sign, isn't it? hahaha... anyway, we ordered three different dessert to share and i'm glad tat they like my recommendations. heehee.. then from Freestyle in Valley, we drove to Mount Cootha for a nite view. it was damn cold la & my navigation was not tat good along the road sia. juz too long nv visit Mount Cootha and we had to make detour. so paiseh sia cos everyone so tired liao. but at least we got up there. is dark and cold so after some photo taking, we headed down to Milton for dinner. heehee.. they booked a table at the Italian restaurant which I recommended. we ordered the 1m long pizza comprises of 4 different types and two different type of pasta to share. it was a very FULL dinner! heehee... i hope a satisfying one for them too.

some photos which i took in my camera. most of the photos r taken with their cameras so it will be a while before i get to see any of them.

Jasmine & I on board the citycat...

our self-taken shot along Victoria Bridge...

Jasmine & Lian Cheng along Victoria Bridge with Brisbane skyline...

Freestyle Dessert..

left to rite: Flourless Chocolate Cake, Raspberries Dumpling, Apple Crumble..

Jasmine @ Mount Cootha...

finally... when is time to say Goodbye to them, i felt quite sad. i held on to Jasmine's hand and i could felt the sudden sadness. they thank me for bringing them around. i muz thank them for giving me the opportunity to go around and relax. they went back to Spore today and i certainly hope they had fun in Australia. as for me, not only did i had the opportunity to enjoy, but also made a few new friends. hahaha... now it make me really look forward to my brother and sis-in-law's visit to Brisbane in abt 2 weeks' time and my cousin's visit during my convocation. :D