post-trip thoughts on gold coast

so with the advancement of technology, facebook seems to have replaced blogspot in terms of photos, so whoever wants photos, please head over to facebook for your viewing pleasure. and this place shall be reserved for the more in-depth albeit private thoughts, not meant to be shared by the facebook space.

on the whole, it was a very good and relaxing trip - completely what a holiday should be like. no rush, plenty of rest, good fun, sights and scenery, basically just to get away, perhaps make belief that there is life outside of working, to recharge so that you won't burn out. and the best part of this holiday is the make belief that we were back to our mauritius lifestyle, albeit a short-lived one.

our apartment in gold coast, broadbeach, was simply fabulous. we were informed that we were upgraded to the one-bedroom suite upon check-in, and it was really just awesome. instantly, we were transported back to our mauritius life - the fantastic view from the balcony, the weather, the sunrise/sunsets, the nice kitchen and bathroom and just slacking in front of the television channel surfing. it was like playing house all over again and we simply loved every bit of it. pacific fair was just opposite of our place and well within walking distance. but le bf insisted that it is really too far and we must drive there, solely for the fact that we had rented a car. and what did pacific fair have????

KRISPY KREME!!!

i am so glad that i have turned le bf into a krispy kreme lover! -dances around in joy- orgasms are always better when shared. oh, krispy kreme with coffee.... -melts away-

the beach was just a very quick walk across the road, and the sunset was just beautiful. the sand nice and soft, the waves huge and intimidating, getting my jeans wet for i hadn't seen the wave sneaking up on me. but it was good fun as le bf laughed at me as i tried to dodge the wave by trying to outrun it. we strolled till the sun set before we headed home for le bf to whip up dinner for us.

previously when we traveled overseas as students, we'd only limit ourselves to having one good (usually defined by expensive) dinner. but on this trip, we seemed to have countless meals at restaurants which caught our fancy, guided by recommendations of magazines, books or heresay. the oysters tops the list of our fave food over there, and it's really a welcomed relief from the overdose of fish and chips and more chips and more more more chips. but really, i think i'm really just appreciating my heritage and i still heart asian food bestest. a few days away from home and i was simply craving for something soupy. like, ramen soup, or just plain clear soup. so that's why when we came back, i whipped up two pots of chinese herbal soup for the family and le bf, and completely OD-ed on it.

there was this restaurant we dined at on the first night of our stay in gold coast, but the name has just slipped my mind. the salad i had was just simply perfect - avocados, smoked salmon, fresh tiger prawn, fresh oysters with tossed greens. and i couldn't finish it. le bf had the poached salmon with rocket (love rockets!), and that was really good too. all that washed down with a beer. just the perfect restaurant, near the beach, good service, a great experience altogether. we had planned on going back on the last night of our stay. unfortunately, we overestimated on the groceries and that night was basically finishing up all the left-overs before our drive-up to sunshine coast the next day.

the worlds - namely seaworld and movieworld - were pretty much a disappointment. but, le bf was very thrilled to meet his all-time fave, bugs bunny. as for me, i was super delighted on taking pictures with tweety, twice over. as we were queuing up to pay for our purchases (namely a bugs head cushion and a tweety head cushion), the guy tapped me and said, 'tweety's over there.' and so we went over to take a few pictures with tweety. and tweety saw le bf holding onto the tweety head cushion, grabbed it from le bf and held it as we took pictures together. uber cute and just reinforced my love for tweety.

on the whole, even though we were entertained at both worlds, we couldn't help but make the comparison to disney. and really, disney does it so much better - in terms of entertainment, atmosphere and basically having a magical experience. so we decided to ditch dreamworld and save the money to enable us to continue on to our disneyworld dream.

so that was pretty much my experience with gold coast. the last i was there was when i was 9 years old and i really cannot remember much of it. but when i stepped into pacific fair, i told le bf, 'i've been here before. this place looks so familiar.' and lo and behold, when we reached singapore, i turned the photo albums and there it was - pacific fair. amazing depths our memories can hold.

that's all i can think of for now. next up, my experience at sunshine coast where we fell in love with the delicious gelato.

g'nite pple!