Wednesday, July 30, 2008
My wonderful trip to melbourne
Day 1
Today i arrive late at Melbourne international airport thanks to some delay in London cause the plane i was taking was a London to Singapore to Melbourne plane (all quanta's planes are late ><) anyway it was a nice ride since i manage to get to know the guy who was sitting beside me his name was Andrew and he was on his way to Monash to study advertising (from what he told me he can sell anything to anyone) anyway so the plan trip was still nice i manage to watch 2 movies which i wanted to watch but no one wanted to go with me they are "The bucket list" and "Sweeney Todd". Both movies were awesome even thought i prefer "The bucket list" more. Anyway when i finally reach the airport i had to run to the checkout counter cause my dear and my neighbour chris was playing cat and mouse with the police officer in charge of looking after the airport (you are only allowed to park for 1 min before u must leave; if u were to park inside the car park it would cost 10 to 20 dollars).
After i manage to retrieve my luggage i met the hardest obstacle at the airport..... the quarentine area, i knew i had a few items which may not pass at all but i had to take a gamble and try my luck at it. The queue was super long just to check all the item... anyway i finally manage to reach my turn and i started taking out the medicine which i was planning to bring over (you know travel sickness and some headache pills)... but then as they were checking through it they found my packet of bao zi ling(a type of pills mean for stomach ache) after waiting for a long time they finally informed me that the pill is not allowed inside Australia and thus they have to throw it away. If they just throw it away it is fine with me but what they did next was mad they then ask me to fill out a lengthy form which they told me will keep a record of me bringing in this pills for 7 years.
After all that trouble i finally was able to come out of the airport where my dearest and my Neighbour was waiting for me patiently for at least 1 1/2 hours. Next we went to have some breakfast as i was still clueless about where was i going so Chris recommend that we go over to boxhill for breakfast... when we arrive there we realize that there was nothing open there so we had mcdonald. following which we went over to a chinese supermarket where i bought this super spicy seaweed (blew my mind) and my dear bought a bag of rice (there was so car so might as well use it). After that chris brought us back to my dear's home where i drop everything that i was holding and rush out again.
We were now was rushing over to st kilda's Sunday market cause it only opens in the morning. after looking around we started getting hungry so we went over to the 1st restaurant i saw which we ate this nice steak and had a nice salad(it was tasty i tell u). Anyway after that we went over to luna park to sit on the world's oldest roller coaster(quite nice) and also on the ghost ride(boring). After which we realize it was time to go back to town so that we can take a train ride all the way to my god sister's house.
The place was quite nice but then it was quite tough as the kid were over hyper active and they were doing alot of things which were hard for me and my dear to cope (think throwing toys and asking me to throw them again and again) After all the trouble we went and have vietnum dinner which was nice but i was getting really tired before finally auntie sylvia sent me back to my dear's home. End of day 1
Sunday, June 22, 2008
A wonderful day
Anyway this morning I went out with my cute nephews to the goat farm, fish farm and vegetable farm.
We went to the goat farm just in time this morning cause when we went there were a few tourist buses there so we enjoyed a free guide to how the goat farm works after that we went over to look and the goat and feed them will post the photo in the next post) It was so much fun but it was a little pity since the younger nephew was scared of the goats.
After that we went over to a fish farm cum market where we bought 5 frogs (it was huge) they then proceed to kill the frogs in front of us (no reward who went to hide)
But the most interesting thing we did after we went to the vegetable farm (not worth mentioning since it was horrible). I was actually against coming here since I had a lunch meeting. But after some discussion with my cousin (they wanted to leave me there and take a cab back)
So in the end we went over it was really wonderful because I thought they only sold fishes but they actually have a fish therapy area and I actually want to go try it out cause of my foot (dry skin).
The moment I place the foot in the water all the fish seem to sense my arrival and my foot became an all you can eat buffet (I’m not kidding they even have a queue up) it really feel like an electric shock to yr legs, but after the feeding my leg was super smooth and all.
After the outing I met up with A.J and her brother (still sorry about keep postponing the outing until today) anyway we met up for a very nice lunch at sunset way there (pork knuckles and German sausages with a cup of hot chocolate to drown it down yummy)
After that filling lunch we went for a wii outing (trust me it is still more fun then PS3) I really enjoyed every moment of that time.
Now if I can enjoy days like this more often sad to say days like this are really like a diamond on a beach impossible to come by (hope I’m wrong).