my trip to melbourne.. a very much needed escape from reality.. a time to spend time with friends.. a time to explore another place on this continent.. just realising how blessed i can be ;)
ok the trip started off with me packing hours before we were leaving.. ha.. we had a 7am flight to melb.. so that means we need to be at the airport by 6.30am.. it takes like an hr to get to the airport.. so we got to leave at 5.30am latest.. waking up and pack the other stuff would mean i have to get up by 4.30am.. and cause i needed to rush work before i leave.. i managed to lie in bed at 12am.. haha.. feeling all so excited about the holiday to come.. waking up at 4.30am was tiring.. with lack of sleep accumulated previously, i was tired.. we decided to grab a cab cause it worked out to cost lesser than taking the train.. haha.. cause there were 4 of us.. great..
at the airport, after customs and stuff, it was just the wait to fly to melb.. haha.. we met boh wee who was travelling on the same flight and was going to take the same flight back too.. haha.. cheapest flight k.. anyway.. we arrived at avalon airport in melb an hr plus later.. it's a faraway airport.. the shuttle bus took 1 hr to get to the city.. oh well.. kinda slept on the way..
our plan for the first day: to explore the city, watch Wicked at night and then head to my friend's hostel (save on transport cost cox their uni is like an hr away from city).. i did a really last min thing.. i sms yaozong to check if my friends and i if we could have a place to put our backpacks for the day.. if not we have to carry our stuff to a musical.. hmmm... luckily, he replied and we got to put our stuff at his apartment for the day.. the drop off point for the shuttle is really near to his apartment.. haha.. wad a surprise.. but felt really bad waking him up from his sleep..haha.. anyway his apartment damn atas.. haha.. it's like super high rise.. super good view.. interior looks great.. only it's kinda small.. haha.. i dun mind having an apartment like that though..
anyway.. after leaving yz's apartment, we went to melb central to meet shixian and hafizah who came to city to meet us.. haha.. we had brunch at the food court.. we were starving.. after that.. they brought us around city, got to see a few sights.. travelled from melb central to yarra river by foot.. then we stopped by crown for cakes.. yum... after that, we went back to yz's place cause bixia forgot to bring her specs for Wicked.. after that we roam the streets at 5 plus trying to find a florist cox we needed to get flowers for eunice.. surprise bdae.. luckily there was one still open.. after that we went chinatown to haf jap food.. not bad .. after dinner, we headed to regent theatre for Wicked.. i haven read the story personally or have any idea on the exact story of Wizard of Oz..but i like the musical lots..the music and songs and everything was great though we were abit far from the stage.. too bad we werent allowed to take shots of the theatre.. it was really nice on the inside..after the 2 hrs plus musical, the group of us headed to yz's place to grab our stuff and head off to la trobe uni.. it was an hr tram ride in which there were many interesting ppl who took it.. some were like drunk.. interesting characters.. but kinda scary though.. finally reached la trobe uni at about 1am.. met up with yuli.. it's been ages since i last spoke to her.. haha.. and her floor mates are unique too.. ok.. after taking shower, and talking and stuff, it was already like 2 plus or 3 plus.. and i had to wake up at 5.30am the next morning to head to city for the Great Ocean Road Tour..
I got up feeling really exhausted.. yuli didnt sleep the whole night.. we walked to the bus stop and met the others.. it was a 50mins bus ride to town.. so early in the morning.. at the city, got some Mac breakfast and sweets from 7-11..the tea kept me up for some time before i fell asleep on the drive there.. it was great to drive along the coast.. the view was great.. haha.. shall let the pictures do the talking the next time i upload it.. got back to city around 7.30pm.. had dinner at lygon st.. supposedly one of the best thai food in melb.. but i think the sydney one is better.. after that we headed back to the hostel so as to talk to the other ppl.. haha.. haven managed to meet up with the rest of them.. at the hostel, steph, jiali, jeremy, bixia, rina, jiemin and i gathered in jiemin's room and talked.. we had ice cream and tim tams.. haha.. we talked till 2 plus before heading to bed..
got up at 9am the next day.. jm brought us around the campus.. looking at the campus, it's different from ours.. more flora and fauna.. and they have lakes around.. cool.. the european hot chocolate is really nice too.. after that.. we headed back to the hostel and we had a gathering in the common kitchen.. the load of us from singapore and some seniors studying in la trobe also came.. it was potluck and the food was great.. nice... after that jm, jl, fizah, bx, rina and i headed to queen victoria market.. it was almost closing.. it's something like paddy's market back in sydney.. they have similar stuff.. got yuli a present from there.. i bought some lollies there too.. haha.. after that we headed to sidney music bowl for the singapore day volunteer briefing.. cox we never been to the place before, we took some time to get there.. we got our tshirt and tags and were briefed on what we had to do the next day.. it was drizzling and the sky didnt look promising the next day.. it started to get cold too.. after the briefing i headed back to city to meet yz.. cause weikhoon was going to meet us for dinner.. haha.. yz and his housemate prepared dinner.. haha.. they were guys.. i seldom eat meals prepared by guys only except on days when my housemate cook here.. that's all.. they prepared fried rice and roasted chicken.. yz made tiramisu too.. haha.. first time tasting dessert made by a guy friend.. was kinda impressed.. haha.. for a person that dont drink coffee.. the tiramisu kinda kept me up on the ride back to the hostel.. haa.. my eyes were like wide open.. haha.. melb was really cold that night.. when i got back to hostel, yuli was still out.. i kinda stone awhile waiting for her to get back.. she got back at 12.30am.. and i was too tired so i lied in the sleeping bag and talked to her for a while.. but after she went to shower, she didnt quite come back.. i somehow doze off while waiting for her.. it was my last night staying over.. but i didnt quite got a chance to talk to her much..
she probably only went to bed at 4 plus 5 cox being a light sleeper, i got woken up.. the next morning i had to catch an earlier bus to the city to put our bags at bx's friend's place cox we gonna spend the night there.. i woke yuli up just before i left... i passed her the stuff i got here and she prepared breakfast for me.. chat a bit more before i had to go to the bus stop.. she passed me something back in return too.. though i stayed over with her for the few nights.. realised i didnt get to spend much time catching up with her.. she's really close with her floor mates.. after putting our stuff at bx's friend's place, we headed to QVM which was close.. we walked around abit more and got the famous donuts.. nice to eat when hot.. haha.. after that we headed to singapore day.. ok it was a great shock to see such a long queue.. and we had to wait really long before we got in.. we got goodie bags and stuff and went to report for duty.. the food was great and it was nice to be able to watch the performance too.. met a couple of ppl too.. haha.. after singapore day, we headed around town and finally went to crown again for cakes.. this time to celebrate steph's upcoming bdae.. haha.. after that, rina, bx and i roamed the streets before heading back to bx's friend place..
we had to leave at about 3am plus to catch the 4 am shuttle bus to avalon airport.. it was no use sleeping cox i might not wake up.. i master all energy to stay awake.. ha.. and the worse part was day light saving started at 2am.. so the time changed from 2am to 3am at that time.. it took us about 15mins just to get to franklin st.. but it was super cold and we were shivering.. waiting out in the cold was no fun at all.. and lumpy forgot the change in timings.. luckily i called him 15mins before the bus left to check on him.. ha.. i slept all the way to the airport and slept all the way in the plane.. arrived back at 7 plus.. we got a cab back and after showering and unpacking, i slept from 9am to 4 plus.. ha.. think my body is totally haywired..
i already missing the time in melb.. dun mind going back and explore.. actually there's so much things in aust to explore.. really happy to meet my friends there.. felt really blessed.. with all the help from everybody.. haha.. got to know some of my friends more too.. didnt know that some of my friends are so nice too.. ha.. thanks :)
melie
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