e s o p h o r i a - it's all about how you perceive me.

how come i am blogging at such early hours in the morning? not because there are more internet usage at this time of the day but cause i just submitted my online assignment and i am still awake.. still in the mood to use com after the whole day of staring at it and feeling frustrated over a slow computer.. anyway i got inspire to post now after reading mr lim's blog which tell his life in american.. he's on his way back to singapore now, just chatted with him in the afternoon.. so fast one yr has passed for him.. well mine will be too.. ha..

anyway life without internet for one month is really an experience.. in singapore i can choose not to use internet or computer for 1 week during the break that i had but when i arrive here in early july, i didnt have a choice.. we had the connection signed up like on the first week we arrived but there were many delays due to the service here.. dun wanna talk abt it.. but the impt thing is to drive them nuts..

well.. for this month without internet, i managed to survive.. communicated with my parents and friends through sms, calls or writing letters.. i love snail mail.. other than that.. the entertainment we have is TV, DVD player or cooking.. ha.. well i can cook edible stuff for those who wanna know.. travelled to many places around sydney cox we arrived 2 weeks before sch started.. i live pretty near the supermarket.. there's chinese grocery store nearby too.. so kinda convenient.. ok.. below are the pictures.. and life of my first month in sydney..

my room

this is my room. it only look like this like after a week of settling down.. see my bedsheet.. brought it from spore.. ha.. i have my pooh bear, xian's little pillow, bears from my parents & mrs tan to keep me company at night..

got a side table for the room.. there's my cupboard with 2 huge mirrors..

sparsely filled cupboard cox i haf a room to myself..

this is our first night. slept in sleeping bags. luckily uncle paul brought the sofa bed over that nite.. the gals got comfy mattress.. hee

look at the amount of stuff we brought over.. haha.. everyone had at least 4 baggages

ok.. 9th july.. we went to the property agent's place in the city.. we got a group shot in the lift.. ha

then we went to the darlington campus of uni of syd (our sch) but this is not our campus

we went over to darling harbour after that..

11th july.. we went to sydney olympic park for hillsong concert.. me and cass in front of a life size chess set

people here enjoy the sun.. they love to lie on the grass.. well on cold days, the sun makes a lot of difference!

the group of us who went to the concert.. while queueing up..

this is us after the concert.. it was super cold and we went to eat subway.. we were shivering while eating..

when rina's mom and aunt came over, we went out.. that nite we went to uncle's paul place for dinner.. and this is mitch.. a dog that is so cute.. love to play with him.. step on his foot once cox he keeps following so closely.. ha..

well dinner was STEAMBOAT.. and it's really nice on a cold winter day.. then we had a traditional aussie dessert.. nice..

well.. in attempting to hang the first batch of laundry out to dry on the thick string that i brought from spore, the hooks gave way and our clothes landed on the balcony floor.. on a cold winter nite, rina and my hands were freezing cold.. we had to pick up all the clothes and rush back in to think of a solution.. well, we used the sofa bed frame in the end.. ha.. innovative..

13th july we went to The rocks.. the buildings were cool..

uncle paul decided to stuff himself inside so i couldnt resist but took a shot of it.. hilarious..

the rock market..

then we walked over to the sydney opera house.. that's me.. then we went to the botanical gardens and sat on the grass.. cool experience..

the 4 of us went home for dinner cox we needed to fix some stuff.. so we had aglio olio with bacon for dinner.. and we had red wine.. damn class.. haha..

next day, we went manly beach.. cause our travel pass included rides on ferries.. hee..it wasnt so cold that day.. see how we can take our jackets off..

love beaches and clear waters..

so behind is manly beach..

on the way back, we passed by opera house to get to the ferry terminal.. night shot of the opera house..

the next day went to blue mountain.. why is it blue? go find out urself.. i wanna go back there again.. wanna stay longer and look at the stuff..

went to some lime stone cave.. this is the toilet.. behind those rock formation.. ha.. nice..

on 18th july we went to canberra.. capital of australia! i went there.. haha

above used to be a lake.. but the water disappeared...

me jumping in parliament house.. haha.. i saw the singapore embassy too.. it's so far from sydney..

ok.. puzzle time.. look at the pix then the question..

answer can be found after this..

flemington market is known for it's paddy's market, wholesale for fruits and vegetables and second hand stuff on sat.. being the thrifty ppl, we couldn't help but buy the cheap fruits and veg back.. we got 15kg pears for $5.. ha.. the only downside, we had to carry it back.. 3 gals.. no joke.. my hands almost gave up..

here is the answer! got it?

oh.. went to sch for orientation on 21st july.. got our student passes and stuff.. but after that we didnt went back cox orientation was on how to write a report or lib tours.. erm.. orientation?..where's the fun..went to watch The Dark Knight on a tues (it was cheaper)ha.. exciting though i fell asleep in the beginning.. just like the other movie..

on 23rd july, we went to bondi beach.. it's more grand, waves are bigger than manly beach.. as it was cloudy and raining that day, not much ppl there.. but when the sun came out after that, we saw a guy ran out from one of the apartments carrying his surf boards, without shoes also towards the beach..

saw this on the wall while waiting for the bus at bondi beach..

24th july.. we went to chinatown for KTV.. here is my fren singing.. ha.. it was $10 for 7 hours.. super good.. haha.. we really sing till we were tired.. ha..

a shot i took of my fren in hyde park museum..$5 to enter..(for students only) haha..

our sausage meal..sausage with broccoli, steam egg with tofu and sausage.. our attempt to finish the sausages which were going to expire.. ha..

our mini garden in the balcony.. got oregano, dill, potato, ginger, onion, chilli!

last saturday, we met up with our other ot friends to have dim sum brunch at cabramatta.. it was like little vietnam .. anyway dim sum was great.. love the food..

guess wad i found.. a singapore plaza in cabramatta.. but there was nothing singapore about it..
ok.. so that's all for now.. spent 1 hour typing.. tired le.. gotta slp.. no sch tmr.. shiok.. ok.. type again soon:)

melie
11:57 pm

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