Hunter Valley Zoo

Sorry for being bored in the middle of the night~

BUT~

FOR ZOO LOVERS LIKE ... MUAAA (see ms low~ ^_^), we can't give this a miss.

IT's A MUST GO!!!

and bio teachers will love it! just wondering whether mr shi has any problem with it ...

Anyway... Here are some of the things i present to you after dripping a lot of sweat and doing a lot of hard work. (dripping of sweat = excretion) HAHAHAH! expels... SALT

The address:

138 Lomas LaneCessnock

NSW 2325Australia

Opening time: It opens from 9 AM to 4 PM.

And you can feed the kangaroos, wallabies, deers and birds!

but of course you can feed yourself.

ANDDDDD... we are having our BARBEQUE LUNCH I suppose!
(drool peopleeee)

(might play around with video cam for chinese project. HOSTING THE BBQ SHOW HAHAH!)

^_^


Here is a list of animals available~~~

Agile Wallabies, Albino Wallaroos, Albino Tammar Wallabies,

Blue-tongued Lizard, Bearded Dragons (ooh. wonder what this is), Black Swans, Blue-winged Kookaburras

Crab-eating Macaques, Cockatiels, Carpet Python, Crested Pigeon, Crimson Rosella, Chital Deer, Cape Barren Goose,

Dingoes, Diamond Python, Ducks,

Eastern Brown Snake, Emus, Eastern Rosella, Eclectus Parrots, Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Eastern Wallaroos

Fallow Deer, Fan-tail Pigeons,

Gang-gang Cockatoo, Guinea Pea Fowl, Geese,

Koalas, King Parrots,

Lace Monitors (Goannas),

Major Mitchell Cockatoos


Ostrich,

Pheasants, Peacocks, Parma Wallabies

Red-necked Wallabies, Rainbow Lorikeets, Red-collared Lorikeets, Red-necked Pademelons, Red Kangaroos,

Spider Monkeys, Swamp Wallabies, Silky Chickens, Supurb Parrots, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Sugar Gliders

Tammar Wallabies,

Wombat (Common), Western Red Wallaroos


Seems like no underwater things for SHARK lovers like me! T_T

Shan't post pictures.
Witness the beauty when you get there. ^_^




Posted by the meddlesome food group members. [[ace`]] junhan jillian KY

WINE TASTING

Sorry people I was too bored after pia-ing for my Language Arts SIP so now I have a lot of freetime.

^_^ sharing and presenting to you... the art of wine tasting.

(a question to you guys : wine tasting = art?)

3 STEPS - LOOK . SMELL . TASTE

LOOK:

The wine should be held in front of a white background so that the colour can be seen!
E.g. White wine : green - yellow - brown (more colour means more flavour and it's older ^_^)
E.g. Red wine : pale red - deep brown red (lighter colour means older!)

Rim colour: the... meniscus. YEPP! purple tint = young . orange - brown = maturity
Swirling: observe body of wine for alcohol content and/or sweetness level

SMELL:

2 methods:
1. take a quick sniff. formulate the flavour. take another sniff
OR
2. just take one big sniff <-- aint this simpler.

RMB to swirl before smelling!.
allow oxygen to enter wine.
"releases the esters, ethers, and aldehydes that combine with oxygen to yield the bouquet of the wine. In other words, swirling aerates the wine and gives you a better smell."

You should be able to smell either:
wood, flower, herbs, spice, fruit, earthy(notsure?)

*remember the smell of the wine that u dont like and don't buy that one. XD

TASTE

heh. finally! drink up! ... still got steps...

initial taste: your initial impression of it when i just touched ur tastebuds...
taste: take in some air, slosh wine arnd in mouth to taste better
(examine body and texture of wine: light/rich? smooth/harsh?)
after taste: the time the taste lasted in mouth and was it pleasant.

1. Swish the wine around in your mouth

Now we know that all the taste buds on your tongue can detect sweetness, sourness, bitterness and saltiness! (not like what we learnt in primary school, tip of tongue = sweet) So to let all your taste buds enjoy the wine, swish it around in your buccal cavity!

2. Smell the wine
70%-75% of what we taste is what we smell!!!
If you don't smell the wine, you won't be able to enjoy it fully. Without our sense of smell, we CANNOT detect flavours such as smoke, chocolate or herbs.


OK PEOPLE!!!
enjoy packing your luggage!

Brought to you by [[ace`]]
and her aussie group members junhan jillian ky

Shock closure of UNSW Asia in Singapore!

Hihi, pls read today's front page... the newly opened UNSW campus in Singapore will be closing in June! Reason cited is smaller-than-expected student enrolment.

This leads us to wonder:
Is their marketing to blame? Did they advertise enough, considering such aggressive ad campaigns like SMU's?

Is it because students still desire the Australian education experience, which they can't get in Singapore? Is the experience more important than just having the name UNSW on your cert?

Cheers mates!

Cheap (?) Stuff you can get!

Alright. This is late, but yeah... Haha.
Things you can get with 5 Ozzie Bucks! (or around there o.o)

Food:
- TimTam (US$1.50) [Btw, its a recommendation on 5 Takes forum to try every single flavour ]
- Natural Confectionary Jellies (US$2.95)
- A decent dinner and a pint of beer at a random pub
- The pint alone costs Au$2. O.o
For supermarket goers:
- A newspaper, Plus:
-- 2 litres of milk
-- 1kg minced beef
-- 1kg of cheese
-- 1 stack of printing paper
Shower Stuff:
- Shower gel, milk, oil, soap bars (US$4-5)
Gifts:
- Keychains: road signs, pendants, koalas, boomerangs, kangaroo, kookaburra, wombat, opal rock, aussie flag (US$3-5 individually)
- Stuff in the kitchen:
-- Australian Aprons (US$8)
-- Tea Towels (US$5)
-- Pot/Oven Mittens (US$3.50-4.50)
-- Mugs/Cups (US$4-5)
-- Coasters (US$5)
-- Fridge Magnets (US$3-ish)
Car Stuff:
- Road signs (US$2, 4, 7 dependent on size.)
- Bumper stickers/Decals (US$3)
Other Random Unassociated Stuff:
- 24-hour ticket for infinite Aussie train rides
- 45-piece puzzle (Au$4.50)
- Clip-on Koalas - the type everyone's sick of now (US$1)
- Finger puppets - zomg cute (US$4)
- Plushies - mostly koalas (US$5-7)
- Hat/Tie/Lapel pin (US$4)
- Pen with Australian flags or roadsigns plastered all over (US$2 each)
- Mousepads (US$7.50)
- Gift certs, Ties, paintbrushes, Stamps, and a lot of other teeny things.

alrighty, that's all we've got.
We thank random search engines, more search engines, and even more of em.
I personally thank my Australian friends whom i have not seen as it is on a random online game forum.

and i personally do NOT advocate going out in the middle of the night to go pubbing, nosiree no. that would be bad, undisciplined, possibly unlawful, and we'd get ugly hangovers the next day UNLESS we drink a pint of water and eat a Panadol before we go to sleep.. yeps.
(p.s. stock up on panadols? yall think? i can't find how much they cost there. XP)

So. Cheers!
ZOMG 6 DAYS TO TAKEOFF ZOMGWTFBBQSHIFTONESHIFTONESHIFTONE!

btw, this is kevin signing off. XP

Must Try Food In Sydney!

I happened to come across this site (actually it's more of a blog) which lists in great detail the various restaurants in Sydney, from the CBD to Chinatown, from Darling Harbour to the beaches, from the North to the South, from the East to the West, this site provides information perfect for those keen on having the best delicacies in Sydney. Systematically listing and classifying the restaurants by location, the author of this blog does a fantastic job in introducing the must-try foods in Sydney.


One restaurant that caught my eye was the Pier 26 @ Darling Harbour. This restaurant serves a wide variety of dishes, like BBQ Prawn Skewers , but what really made me drool was the Beer Battered Fish & Chips, with tartar sauce and lemon.

Here's what the author had to say: "Fish and chips are similarly swoonworthy. The beer batter is light, airy and almost cloud-like in appearance. The fried is fried to a pale golden brown, in fresh oil which leaves no sticky residue. Chips are crunchy batons, the tartare sauce has the right among of zing."

Check it out at http://grabyourfork.blogspot.com/ !!!

Posted by Kwan Yong, Jillian, Audrey and Jun Han :P

Chemistry, the central science

Thanks Sharon!

Yup, when we step out of Singapore we realise that it's actually a very small place... and it's good to broaden our horizons so we won't be frogs in a well, and realise that Singapore actually has much to compete against and much to improve upon =)

It's also very different living far away from your family and parents... read: Freedom! Can be made the best of, and can be abused... but the flip side is that you need to do everything yourself! Pay the rent, bills, tv license, manage bank accounts, write cheques, buy groceries, cook, clean, wash clothes, buy a car! Haha!

Another question:
What courses are available in UNSW or Macquarie that are not available in Singapore?

For me to know and for you to find out... =)

Reflection! ((:

Hey! I am fast (: Look at the time. LOL. Okay, here's the reflection for my group!

Okay, my group reckon that there ARE indeed advantages about studying overseas. Although you have to leave everything down here in Singapore that you like to go over there just to study, there are indeed advantages, like you would be able to get a better job and you are exposed to more things around the world and that you have a wider perspective of studying as a whole.

Also, as my group did on psychology, we realised that there are more things out there than only Biology, Chemistry and Physics. We realised that the world out there is indeed very big and free for us to explore, and we should not be stuck here in our own little world, thinking that we are everything, we know everything, and we have seen everything. Also, there are the aviation and petroleum courses that the other groups presented on.

Therefore, we should all realise our potentials now, think about our future, and now what we want for ourselves now! (:

Group... Nameless Till Now!
Hsien Liang, Sheng Chow, Xin Yue, Kelvin, Sharontan (: