Gold Coast to Brisbane

All great adventures begin with a long journey,

a long journey will have you feel nausea, bored, restless and pretty much everything else.

It took me 8 and a half hours to go from KL all the way to Gold Coast.

Truth be told, I couldn't sleep because of the uncomfortableness of the airplane seats.

I only had roughly  one and a half hour worth of rest before arriving to Gold Coast.

 Branded clothing are cheaper here to start with.

I recommend you guys to stay near the Surfers Paradise Beach.

It is worth it, trust me.

As for the food, you can always go and buy yourself kebabs or what not.

We went to this restaurant who's owner is a Chinese from Malaysia.

He's been living in Australia for over 2 decades and the restaurant offers

a wide range of Malaysian food. You should totally come over when you

feel the urge to find and eat food from back home. I forgot

the name of the restaurant but I'm planning to go back to Gold Coast as a holiday 

alone during my semester break in April. I will update you by then.

Top is from Ripcurl and shorts also from Ripcurl.

It cost me roughly 50 bucks from shirt to shorts.

The shades from the picture above were bought from

this shop that sells pretty much everything which cost about 20AUD.

 It was just a few hundred meters away from

the hotel I stayed in (Hotel Grand Chancellor).

Dad said it was about RM100+ for one night which was quite cheap

since it was just a 5 minutes walk away from the beach.

Voila~! This was the view from my balcony during my stay in Gold Coast.

The sand was unlike we have in Malaysia. The air quality is better too.

I miss this place so much.

I went there during Summer and to tell you the truth,

you won't feel the heat if you're in Gold Coast but in Brisbane, its otherwise.

After spending 2 days in Gold Coast, we had to leave Gold Coast for Brisbane.

It was roughly an hour long drive, Malaysians can drive using their origin license (as far as I know).

Driving in Gold Coast was way easier than driving in Brisbane.

You'll have a rough time getting to your destination if you don't know the place well.

That is when a travel buddy is best needed.

After 3 years of studying in Griffith University, my sister finally graduated from

Faculty of Health; Bachelor of Psychology. There was this woman who made a speech

during the graduation ceremony to wish all graduands good luck on their journey

of adulthood. She explained that dressing up is a good investment. 

"You have to dress expensive for the job, especially for an interview"

I couldn't repeat the exact phrase she mentioned but it was like

marketing but the difference is, the product is you.

You're there to sell your service (skills) and you have to always

maintain a good appearance so that people would be more or less attracted to you.

Who would ever want to buy an over washed cloth, heck who would even stop and stare?

It was an investment, and I have to agree with that.

She also mentioned that in this life, you will stumble and fall.

Failing in something doesn't mean that you will fail forever,

it does if you don't try and try harder.

The key is to put a sense of humor in it. Be optimistic.

Her speech was so inspiring and I was lucky enough to be there to hear it.

This was taken at South Bank, Brisbane.

I wore a simple formal shirt I bought from Cotton On and

H&M black skinny jeans.

There's a replica of a temple near this place and the Wheel of Brisbane is

located near this place. Go ahead and visit if you come over to Brisbane.

 

Iced Honey Lemon, a great refreshing drink before I went to the graduation ceremony.

I love that bracelet that I bought for 8 dollars. It has this unique touch to it.

I bought it from the same store I bought my shades.

If you do come over to Brisbane,

South Bank is a must visit place at night.

You should try riding the Green Cab too !

Its fun and relaxing and is only available at night.

After spending 7 days in Australia, I was back in Malaysia.

My adventure in Australia will resume itself again in 45 days. I can't wait.

I will be sure to update for more useful information regarding places to visit and what not.

For any inquiries you can always drop a comment below.

Wisdom

Wisdom isn't easily obtained. Age doesn't define the depth of someone's wisdom. Wisdom can only be gained from harsh experiences and through mistakes made throughout someone's lifetime. I know I've mentioned before that I would write less about emotions and what not but sometimes you just have to express everything that's bothering you and let go of it. This is what I'm doing here, trying to express myself and what I'm feeling although some feelings can never be put into words. Our vocabulary is limited to the things that are only known to the human population but we as individuals have our own unfathomable feelings. That is probably why one word can never fit one's current certain emotional state or best describe the feelings that they have in their heart.

The more we experience, the more mature we get, the stronger we will ever be. Do not let yourself be fooled by your own fantasy. Letting your fantasy succumb yourself wholly will only hurt yourself. Believing in something that could never be, although its hard, hope is in fact fragile. You know that deep in your heart that this "thing" is just a phase and will not last but you, yourself try to blind your thoughts to make room for hope. Hope is what we need, but when it is risen to its peak, there you let yourself be endangered to all types of destruction. Why do we try to deceive ourselves? Forcing ourselves to believe in something that is there temporarily and that "thing" would end up being our forever? Foolishness is not an excuse as we will always have choice in hand. In order for us to salvage the remaining fragments of our souls, we try our best to not let anyone in this imaginary wall made by our mind. Trust is something that is easily obtained but hard to regain. Like a flower in winter waiting for spring to come, we lock ourselves in this wall in hope that one day the sun will rise and the coldness of winter will vanish to finally bloom like how flowers do in Spring.

I have had gone through enough emotional pain that only myself would know, but no traces of this wound can be seen physically. Everyone is facing their own version of what you call, hell on earth, but not to lower your hope, although darkness may never truly be vanquished, the sun will always rise at dawn.

I'll update on my trip to Australia soon in my next post.
Thank you for reading.

Island Getaway

It was the breath of fresh air I've been craving for,

To let me forget about my problems for awhile,

I was closer to nature than I ever did before,

Nothing could describe what today meant to me.

 

The view of the island was overwhelming.

I would suggest you guys to come and visit this island,

Manukan Island, Sabah, Malaysia.

 

Even though the getaway was a short one,

I still have tons of adventures waiting for me in the future;

For example, TOMORROW !

Its THE day ! I'll update more on Australia soon.

Thanks for reading.

Longings

Hello readers,

Its been awhile since I've posted something other than my crappy short stories that I never get the chance to finish in this blog. Perhaps enough of that for the moment. Let me show you 3 pictures of what I've been doing or so. I also have this thing that I want to announce here in my blog.

 I went to KL for three days for my mum's event at Putra Hotel (?) I'm not sure of the exact name of the hotel I stayed in. Nevertheless, I had quite the fun even though it was a short trip. I had the time to walk around in KL like how I used to before having to deal with SPM, and now that its over, its more blissful. I'll be going to Brisbane for my sister's graduation ceremony and will be dropping by Gold Coast this Saturday. I'll update more about my adventures in Australia. Some of you might or might not know that I will be continuing my studies in Melbourne next February, InsyaAllah. That's one part of the thing that I would like to announce here.

  

Now, you might be wondering why I posted a picture of the things I bought in KL, well it has something to do with what I'm going to tell next ! Since I will be studying in Australia, I was google-ing a few things to prepare me for the culture differences, what I need and where can I get those stuffs kind of stuff. It shocked me that not many people (international students) write about their experiences in Australia or anywhere else in this world. It gave me an idea to do a some sort of guide for future international students to prep themselves before going abroad. I have decided to create a new blog (or might just change things in this blog) for that single purpose. I also have decided to be more positive and kind of experiment with fashion, thus bringing the reason to upload the picture above in this post. A breath of fresh air is all we need here in this dusty depressing blog of mine. So I might do a little bit of fashion blogging in this blog.

Not to forget I'm also an avid novel reader. I bought this book in Kinokuniya, KLCC last Sunday. I had this book with me to avoid boredom in my two hours long flight. It helped though even in a slightest bit. I upload stuffs in my Instagram account, regularly unlike my blog. Do follow me on Instagram; @captmizanahmad . Well as for this book, it seems really interesting in the early parts of the novel. I haven't reached the end of the novel but based on the feedback I've gotten from my friends, it seems worthy to read.

That is all for now dear follow readers.
 Thanks for reading.