Friday, 4 July 2014

DIY玻璃小屋制作心得(二)

话说我很认真地完成了一堆小物件,我的爱琴海小屋究竟怎样了?

这几个星期来,我很积极地寻找适合的器皿(厂商给的在空运路途中破碎了),却总是找不到适合的,好装上沙子做成海边模样。二来,我的声控灯的电板也还没有装好(电池也还没买呢),所以,暂时有个半成品呆呆地坐在我的办公桌上(如右图)。

事后,我在淘宝网购买悬挂玻璃花瓶时,找到喜欢的玻璃吊瓶,决定买一个给我的爱琴海小屋找个归属。

满怀期待的等了又等,今天终于收到了!谁知道却尺寸不对,看来我的爱琴海小屋只得继续坐在我的办公桌上痴痴的等……等待它变为“爱琴海玻璃小屋”的一天……



Thursday, 3 July 2014

DIY玻璃小屋制作心得(一)

由于身边有个淘宝agent,最近我常常中淘宝毒……


话说有一天我随意到淘宝网去瞧瞧,无意中看见DIY玻璃球小屋,好像很梦幻迷人似的。而且,这些小屋都配有声控灯,好像很好玩。虽然手工从来不是我的强项,但挑战自己的极限却一直是我的嗜好。

因定力不够,结果败了一间爱琴海小屋。



我收到小屋时好失望, 空运包裹作得不好,收到时盒子已经扁了。打开一看,那玻璃球果然碎了。向我的淘宝agent投诉,她为我讨了个免费补货,不过由于这是中国网购,厂商只免费把赔偿的货物送到中国,海运/空运费得自付。我不愿意多给空运费,于是打算一边做小屋,一边在马来西亚物色适当的器皿。

碎成一片

我把小屋带到办公室去,想要在午休时间一天一点地完成它。不过,有时候按捺不住,还会偷偷粘上一两样小物件。

第一天花了三十分钟把墙、窗、地板、阳台都搭建起来。洋洋得意的,觉得比想象中容易多了。


第二天,仅十分钟就把栏杆、楼梯、灯泡都装上啦~


主要结构装上后,接下去的步骤就很考功夫了。我花了好几天,弄了几粒小枕头,再把沙发和茶几给完成。


接下去是把床黏上。被单、床垫都是一个个作的哦!


把小珠子一个个黏在小钮扣上,再把两支小铁枝弄弯、黏上,这就成了沙滩上的小桌。


沙滩椅倒相当容易,把几个不同的木片黏上即可。沙滩伞则以纸条剪成细细的,再一条条黏上,又以绳子慢慢的缠在伞柄。


还有厨、灯、风扇、船桨等都是一个个小小部件慢慢的黏成。连我都开始佩服自己的耐心了。



即便是屋旁小树,也是由一根铁支缠上青色纸张弄成树干,再把青色碎纸黏成树状,再加上黄色碎纸弄成花儿模样。


Stay tune:)

Saturday, 28 June 2014

澳洲之阿德莱德之匆匆掠影

德士大叔说这是超级昂贵的General Hospital Research部门
话说Apollo的工作人员替我们叫了一辆德士,我们就结束了我们的自驾游,恢复在城市漫步的日子。

我们的德士司机是个相当多话的大叔,他有说不完的故事(包括他去年东南亚之旅在吉隆坡入院的故事)、指不完的地标……我看他是个自豪的好公民,便问他“要是我只有半天时间在Adelaide,你会介绍我去哪儿呢?”他竟然叫我们到Rundle Mall血拼!这算哪门子介绍?



不过,基于我们也没有什么特别想去的地方,在check in后就依他的指示到Rundle Mall步行街逛逛,再绕着城市北走廊走一趟,匆匆草草,算是见识了阿德莱特。

我们在这Franklin Central Apartment住了一晚,AUD200




Rundle Mall是阿德莱特最热门的购物区,然而,这步行街不算长,店屋也不是太多,最致命的是,傍晚五点大家准时关店,五点后的阿德莱特市是一片萧静……

Rundle Mall步行街街口就是澳洲自家名牌巧克力

Rundle Mall步行街上的明星

外国街头,特别是步行街,总少不了才华洋溢的街头艺人。不过,匆匆而过的路人总也占最多数。





在Rundle Mall走马看花后,大家肚子饿了,不想走远找美食,于是决定到路口的Hungry Jacks用餐,总也算是尝了澳洲自家快餐。

这嘛,也就是薯条、汽水、汉堡包,和M记没什么两样。在澳洲这几天吃得最差也就这个了!













吃饱了就往北廊去。那儿喝酒的小酒吧比较多,所以夜幕下也相较多人。我们只是走马看花地绕了一圈。最后还是回到当地华裔经营的纪念品商店购物比较实际。





在University of South Australia前留影




Shakespeare Backpacker

由于阿德莱特夜里行人稀少,冷冷清清的,我们意兴阑珊,七点多就回Franklin Central Apartment冲凉、整理包袱、休息。也就这餐晚餐,我们把所有还没有吃完的食物一并用上,搞搞创意新菜色。



隔天一早,我们酒店替我们安排的德士司机已经在lobby等候,却发生了个小小插曲。有个醉汉想要‘抢’我们的德士,被司机赶下车,所以我们一从酒店走出来就被他咒骂。德士司机稍有内疚,一直向我们道歉,把我们送到机场后还叫我们小心种族歧视的“坏人”。

 
阿德莱特机场相当小,基本上没有什么看头。 我们买了一些食物作手信,我就开始意兴阑珊,于是到Cocolat品蛋糕去。小女孩们在过去几天没有机会一饱购物欲,最后几个小时想要把身上所有的澳币用尽,所以她们继续作最后一分钟冲刺。

我在大马‘做功课’时听说阿德莱特是二十分钟的城市(因为所有景点都在二十分钟车程以内),但我们见过了大洋路的美景,连Glenelg都懒得去,阿德莱特景点近乎八成没看。所以,上了飞机我决定打起十二分精神看它多几眼。在飞机上鸟瞰,也算对得起阿德莱特了。哈哈!


就这样子,澳洲之旅宣告结束……


题外话:我拍了几张照片就混混沉沉睡着了,睡了三小时半左右,因肚子饿,醒了。往窗外看,之间荒芜一片红土地,仍然还是在澳洲上空呢!

Friday, 27 June 2014

Melbourne to Adelaide via GOR - Day 5

This is the most relaxing day of our trip. We basically had only 2 things in mind for this day - up close with koala and kangaroos feeding.


We woke up relatively late, and delightfully found that the whole park was almost covered in golden colour of autumn leaves. We spent our morning taking photos, having long shower, and mainly doing nothing and relaxing at Mount Barker Caravan & Tourist Park. (This park is located in a housing area, no highway noise, but relatively more tourists than other parks that we have stayed. It is very shady and clean. This park is strategically located. Very near to Mount Barker town. When we drove from Hahndorf the night before, we noticed that the Coles Mount Barker, which is just about 5 minutes walk away from the park, open until late evening)

Still remember the pork knuckle that we ordered the night before at Hahndorf Inn? Well, we got a doggie bag and brought back the whole plate of untouched pork knuckle. We shredded the meat, fried them with garlic and carrots, and use vegetable to wrap the shredded meat (just like the Korean) as breakfast. The leftover sausages were used for baked potatoes. These actually went very well with fruits.

This was our last day on our mobilehome. Before leaving the park, we had a brief 5S session. I even washed the mobilehome (really, too ashamed to return the car with hundreds of insects carcasses on the vehicle)!

Busy doing house keeping

while on our way....
We left the park at 10am and went straight to the Cleland Wildlife Park.

The koala close-up sessions are 11am~12pm, and 2pm~4pm. We were there just in time for this.







Contradict to what we were told and what we imagined before the trip, this koala is clean and not smelly. The fur is smooth and nice to touch. The only problem -- koala focus only on eating. It has zero interest on human beings that went crazily excited around it so basically it was an one-way communication instead of fun interaction.

衰样#1

What I really enjoyed was feeding the kangaroos and wallabies that are free to roam the open spaces. They were curious and friendly (and hungry) so basically they were the center of attention. We were trying our very best to "lure" them with food so that we can pet them and take tons of photos. My original plan was to lie on the lawn and place the food on my stomach so that I can take some selfie with kangaroos. However, there were too many dungs on the lawn, I gave up that plan and had kangaroos eat out of my palm instead.

衰样#2

秀气

The Unofficial Symbol of Australia

After spending hours in the wildlife park (and over spent hours here), we finally left the wildlife park and headed to Adelaide to return our mobilehome. Took us about half-an-hour to reach.

The returning process at Apollo was efficient and simple. I went to the office while the girls brought down the luggage. There was only one worker then. After he finished serving the other customer, he asked if I need a taxi, and started to arrange for everything. The moment he finished checking the mobilehome, our taxi was already there to pick us up.



Please refer to my post about "Melbourne to Adelaide via GOR on a Mobilehome for 5 Days 4 Nights" for the driving route.