Melbourne - 15 July 2010

The last day in Melbourne was simply a series of food trail before we went back to Sydney.

Popped by Queen Victoria Market for a bit, where we had donuts from the donut van which was sugar coated AND had jam filling! The donuts were doubly sinful but seriously very satisfying for it's richness!



Right after the donuts, NJ4 mentioned of a breakfast place just a few steps away where his Dad love the breakfast sets, so we went there for breakfast!


Oh my, the (something) breakfast set that NJ4 had was really very nom, and my Spinach Quiche was so good!

We left Queen Victoria Market shortly after and went back to town for a last walk around. Before I went to Sydney and Melbourne, I did some homework of where to get good nomnoms, and I read up on this place selling various churros flavours, so we went in search for it!


I have to say, I was disappointed. The flavoured churros were cold and hard. We should have ordered the original ones with caramel sauce instead. We tried the samples they gave out, it was GOOD!

After the churros, we went back to our hotel to pack up and headed back to Sydney, where we had dinner at Na Bangkok!


And that's it, abrupt ending right here. =)

First Time Ever

On Deepavali, I punched an Indian man. No, I am not crazy neither am I a violent person.

As I was exiting the NEL train at Dhoby Ghaut, someone patted my ass. My mind worked so hard and fast and I had thoughts that toggled between 'pretend nothing happened' and 'give that asshole a piece of my mind'. The little chilli padi in me chose the latter, and so I turned around, saw only one Indian man in the sea of crowd, and threw a hard punch in his arm.

The Indian man looked at me with total shock in his face, and for a split second I thought I punched the wrong person. But he quickly looked away and took off, so that confirmed he was the culprit.

Thinking back, I should have aimed my punch in his face instead. Too bad that he chose the wrong target and got punched on Deepavali.

After 3.5 Years

I've finally gotten a new laptop to replace my current laptop that served me well for so long. My current laptop is my first laptop and I still love it very much, but an upgrade is needed.





HELLO BABY!
The classy look of my Envy 14 Beat is undeniably pretty. =D

We All Need A Little Self Pampering III

After contemplating for quite a while now, I finally decided to get my Burberry bag today. Settled my bank investment stuff in town and met up with Dil after that to get my bag.


Not ready to use the bag yet, hence the plastic!
This wasn't what I initially wanted but when I saw this, I love it much more than my initial selection. No more shopping for a while now!

PHS Homecoming

Today was Presbyterian High School's Homecoming, and my usual clique arranged to go back to our Alma Mater for a visit.


Class of 2002 2005
WQ was in constant denial of our graduating year and insisted that we graduated in 2005, so 2005 it shall be!

We left after lunch and 4 of us went to Serangoon Garden for dessert. Settled for Arbite which was a quaint little cafe that served decently priced and awesome tasting desserts!



11 years of friendship. I love you guys!

Melbourne - 14 July 2010

Seriously, in future I need to blog about events as soon as possible because when I procrastinate as long as 3 months to do updates, I cannot remember the sequence of events or what really happened back then. Sure, pictures may help, but still...

So anyway, NJ4 and I spent our 41st month together in Melbourne! We spent the early afternoon walking in the chilly weather of Melbourne, in search of a Thai restaurant that NJ4's brother recommended.




Oooh! Everything was noms!!!
After brunch, we took the tram to somewhere I forgot, where we window-shopped. Because the weather was so much colder as compared to Sydney, I wasn't too keen to walk that much, so we settled down for hot chocolate and cake. =X



After teabreak and more walking around, we took the tram to Docklands. Apparently, NJ4's brother highly recommended the place, but after we alighted from the tram, we felt like we were lost in some ghost town! It was raining that night, and so the air was extremely cold. With leggings, 2 jackets and a thick scarf, I was still chattering like crazy. It didn't help that the rain made my boots soaking wet.=(

Half an hour after we attempted to find the "very nice place" that NJ4's brother mentioned, we gave up and NJ4 made an SOS call back to Singapore. And when the instructions given were a) not clear enough, b) too hard to follow/locate, we gave up trying to find the "very nice place" and darted into an Italian restaurant for dinner and warmth.





So there, that was our 41st month celebration for the whole day in Melbourne.

Melbourne - Great Ocean Road (13 July)

We spent Day 2 in Melbourne on a booked trip to Great Ocean Road. A pity it started pouring midway. So with damp hair and soggy footwear, we tried our best to enjoy the trip. Didn't help one bit that I was wearing super thick socks and boots and they were so squishy by the end of the entire trip. GAHHH!










So after a long coach ride, it was time for lunch and we walked around for some self-musings thereafter.




The beauty of nature!!!
And the Great Ocean Road trip continued...








The sky started to turn dark as the coach made its way back to the mainland of Melbourne. We went back to our hotel, changed out of our squishy footwear and went for dinner at Chinatown, which was merely walking distance!


Hot wonton soup on a cold cold night, super comforting!

Melbourne - 12 July 2010

I am finally posting on my first day in Melbourne! =p



Hello Grand Mercure!
Right after we checked in and dumped our baggage, we went for food, followed by some sight-seeing.


Mee Kong - AWESOME Vietnamese cuisine!





Horse carriage!



We needed something to fuel us for a greater journey (yeah right), so we loaded ourselves with some carbs!


Sodium overload! But it served its purpose as fuel. Lord of The Fries reminded me of my Secondary 3 Literature book, Lord of the Flies. LOL!



State Library of Victoria


We ended our night with a movie. The cost of 1 movie ticket in Australia can get you 2 tickets in Singapore. After that night, I have learned to shut up about the rising prices of Singapore's movie tickets. =p