Sunday, August 31, 2008
Good day!
We are from Chocolates! Group (formerly Group C) and we’ll be updating you guys on what we did on Day 2. We started the day off with a simple buffet breakfast at the Citigate hotel where we’re staying at. After that, we got on our coach and started a journey to the “Warrock Cattle Farm” which took us an hour and fifteen minutes.
We got to feed kangaroos, wallabies, wombats and lots of ducks and chickens. 
Wardah, one of our group members, was scared when we got near some chickens. She told the rest of us that she feared getting bitten by them. After feeding the animals, we got on a truck and sat on loads of hay. It was fun, not just because we were sitting on hay, but because it was the first time most of us had ever seen it in real life (not surprising since we’ve lived in the city all our lives :)
We went to see a demonstration of how 2 sheepdogs skillfully controlled a flock of sheep by just barking and eye contact.
So after the demonstration, we went to a shed where we got to see a farmer shear sheep. 
(Here is Haizel with his new goat-ee..hur hur hur)
The shed had a strong funny smell and it made us feel uneasy, especially the girls. After the shearing demonstrantion, we went to have an Australian lunch at the diner near the farm. We had a choice of having beef, chicken or both (I had both by the way :) It was awesome! Barbeque has never taste this good! After the lunch, the teachers gave us permission to shop at the souvenir shop nearby and also take some lovely photos of the flowers in the farm.
After shopping, we continued our journey to the “Koala Conservation Centre” where we has the opportunity to see some absolutely cute koalas up in the trees. After watching and taking photos of the wonderful animal, we went to a nearby town on Phillip Island. We went to the jetty and got a bird’s eye view of the ocean.
As we were walking back from the jetty, Haizel, one of our group members, and Adam (from group A) started singing to the song of R. Kelly, “I Believe I Can Fly”. It was humorous to see them flapping their hands, thinking that they would fly.We then continued on to the “Nobbies Centre” and got to see an enchanting view of the ocean. It was such a sight to behold! The weather was extremely cold (10 degrees Celsius I think) and some of us could not take it even though we had three layers of clothes on!
After we went to the main event, “The Penguin Parade” at Phillip Island. We entered a building that seemed like a maze because it took us an age to find the viewing area J . We were told that the penguins would return home only at 6 in the evening as they would only appear when the sun sets. We got to see the amazing little penguins in groups walking back to their burrows. It was quite a sight, and also quite a sound too – the penguins made strange noises that sounded like snores! J Speaking of snores, by the time we were done with the show, we were dead tired! The only thoughts we had at that time were of our beds:) However, it was a fantastic day, something most of us never ever dreamed of experiencing in our lives! We can’t wait for tomorrow, I think we’ve never been this excited to go to school during our holidays! St. Leonard’s College…here we come!
Till tomorrow…goodnight :)
At the Warrook Cattle farm, we saw how the sheep dogs controlled the flock of sheep!(They controlled them with their eye movements!) 
After that, it started raining cats and dogs, but we continued our activities still=)
(*mbek* Arif has a beard!)
(Arif said that the Discipline Comm. should buy this whip sold at the souvenir shop to deter students from offences! yikes!)
We also learnt interesting facts about the seals over there. For example, did you know that the seals have dog-like characteristics?
Some interesting facts about penguins:
We also got the chance to catch the shepherd dogs in action. The 2 dogs were able to command the flock of sheep from one end to the other. It was also the first time for many of us to watch a sheep being skinned alive (just kidding, the sheep was sheared for its wool).
We were also anticipating the moment to watch the nightly crossing of the penguins. 
We witnessed the rafts of penguins waddling back to their burrows from the coastline. Visitors were warned strictly not to take any photographs of the penguins because they will be blinded by the flash of the cameras. Many blind penguins cannot survive in the water and were eaten up by sharks.
We also found out that Dayang is the only one in the group who is left-handed. Our Princess Diary is Farishah who is in charge of noting down details in her personal diary. Every night, Hwee Hwa, Rinna & Ms Maz will be the last to sleep because we are the Blog i/cs for Group A. 
It was a sad moment tonight because our tour guide, Ms Jytte bade farewell as it was her last day with us. Goodbye Ms. Jytte (pron: Utah)! Hope to see you again!
We have to sleep now because Ms Maz is fasting and has to wake up earlier than all of us. We also have to pack our luggage as we will be moving to another hotel. Tomorrow will be an enriching day as we will be going to school during September holidays!
Next, was the amazing structure of St Patrick's Cathedral. It's so huge and magnificent that it was simply beautiful. It must have taken a lot of architectural talent and effort to build such a massive structure.
The pretty, colourful flowers at the Conservatory made our ice-cream tasted better. 
(taking a break , basking out in the sun)
